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Oracle Open World is over for me now, but what a great event it was. I met so many people and actually was able to spend a little time getting to know a few of them. I attended parties, dinners and meetups. I networked myself, my company and RMOUG. It was a phenomenal turn out, even with a few folks missing that I knew we’d miss terribly Arriving- California Zephyr If you hadn’t heard, we decided to take a train from Denver, CO to San Francisco, CA. via Amtrak, called the California Zephyr. This was a 33 hour train ride,…
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Yes, typing on my tablet screen again, so patience with my short posts…:-) Had the pleasure of attending both the ACE and Oak table dinners the last two nights. Wonderful, impressive and technically gifted people at every table and a fantastic opportunity to meet so many that I’ve only known virtually. I enjoyed another set of high energy conversations with Gwen Shapira, Debra Lilley, Robyn Sands and Lisa Dobsen- all women who make me proud of the representatives of my gender in the technical world. Spent sometime with Mark Bobak, Kent G., Alex G., Craig S., Jeremy Schneider, Mike Swing…
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After a long first day and a 33 hr train ride in, I’m ready for a fun and enjoyable Ace dinner that I’m a lucky guest to. First day, being Sunday, is commonly quiet, but Tim had two sessions that I wanted to attend and time flew by with meetups, expert panels, etc. I met a number of great new people today and saw some more old friends, (or as “new blood”, can I refer to them as old?) I was still recovering after a fantastic get-together at Graham Woods from lastnight. I was impressed with the great group of…
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I’ve spent the week updating, packing and communicating in preparation for my trip to Oracle Open World 2011. As with most folks that are attending, there is a lot to prepare for, but I have that added challenge of three kids who find this a fine opportunity to drive their father to distraction, as my ex-husband is responsible with managing their week, which he is unaccustomed to. Although I’m thankful for Google calendar that will tell my ex where and when each child has to be at all times, what homework, social events, etc., it is not a lot of fun for…
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“Oh what tangled web we weave when complexity is added we can’t see…” How many times has complexity of design in an application, outside of the database, lead to the database blamed for slow performance? This is where a manager thanks the technical Gods for a DBA with great Sherlock Holmes skills to track down and prove the database not only innocent, but figure out what the real problem is. The database is guilty until proven innocent, we all know that, so when user’s come to the DBA and demands, “Why can’t I run this report? I should be able…
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This is when I know I’ve been doing too much database work in one day. I awoke from a dream, quite early in the morning and was replaying it in my head. The scenario went like this: Scene: City streets, obviously a murder scene with yellow tape drawn and bystanders watching off to the sides as the main characters, two seasoned detectives are discussing the decision to enter the crime scene. Officer #1: “Are we sure we covered our bases? Is there anyway the criminal could have escaped the scene or we could have compromised the evidence when we entered…
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Like Chet, from OracleNerd, I received my official Blogger Approval for Oracle Open World yesterday! This will be my first attendance, as something always came up before that kept me from going, so I am looking forward to the event. A number of people asked me why I didn’t submit a presentation, but I think I’m going to check out the event as a blogger for my first time out and see about presenting next year! 🙂
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I started to write this blog post almost two months ago and finally updated it to post to the site. I think it’s a bit more fun in hindsight anyway… 🙂 With my children at an age where they really would like their mother to just go get a life, (and get out of theirs as much as possible… :)) I chose this year to approach Ron Bich and Tim Gorman at RMOUG training days and state my interest in participating more. I was quickly informed there was no escape at that point and told I had to put my…
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Thanks to Chet Justice of OracleNerd, I’m now registered for Oracle Open World 2011 with the Blogger’s registration. I will be sitting here impatiently waiting for October now… 🙂 Anyone who remembers last year’s will also remember that I (again) did not get to attend and worked miserably through the week, listening to the tweets on Twitter and blurbs on Facebook, then was reminded on Blogs afterwards of all I missed. Not this year! I am going and I am going to enjoy it- try and stop me… 🙂
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RMOUG 2011 has come and gone- and it was a fantastic time for me. I loved the opportunity to talk for two days on database technology, (which my husband thanks all participants for, keeps him from wanting to jab his ears with large, sharp sticks to get away from the techno-garble that leaves his wife’s lips in droves! :)) and catch up on everyone’s lives. My presentation skills still need some work, as good as I think I am in smaller groups and especially one on one, I still have some challenges up at the podium. Every time I get…
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I have a new post out on Pythian’s site: http://www.pythian.com/news/20301/the-dba-and-the-trigger/
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I’ve been employed at Pythian for just over 2 months now. Not a very long time and yes, I’m still a “newbie”, but I’ve been there long enough to know why I do love my new job. 1. Working remotely. No, not everyone does and it’s not for everyone, but so far it’s been a win-win for both me and Pythian. I have never needed a manager or anyone to lean over my shoulder to tell me when to work and what to do, so working remotely in a home office has significant benefits for me. I appreciate the limited…
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My slides and white paper are all submitted for RMOUG 2011 and I’m starting to get a bit anxious about the event. Being the “hometown girl” to represent Pythian comes with some new pressures that I didn’t feel last year when total failure just meant I was making a fool out of myself… 🙂 The schedule is looking pretty good so far, but as it goes every year, there are a number of presentations that I would like to attend that are all scheduled the same time as my own, (OK, so I would have only been able to attend ONE of them, but I…
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Just about any DBA you speak with will admit to having at least one other DBA they follow on the web, seek out when the present at conferences or search out when purchasing technical books. I jokingly refer to these as DBA crushes, (which really annoys my male coworkers when I tell them they are “DBA crushing” when the arena is also predominently male… :)) Now that I am part of the Exadata team at #Pythian, I’ve been intensely focused on every scrap of online information regarding the technology and from all this research, I have come up with a new DBA…
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Avoiding the Perfect Storm My First Post as a Pythian DBA, hopefully many more to come! (And if you are in the mind of finding a positive career change, the link there at the top is a good read, too! :))
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After a very tearful goodbye at my previous company, (even received a big ol’ hug from the “lone wolf”- after working with the guy for four years, never thought I’d see that! :)) After they had a great time at my expense- two or three days of throwing paper airplanes over the cubicle walls at me, (to which I would response with screeches of “my eye!” or “my tibia!” and a demand for workman’s comp.. :)) The unix admin sending me bogus system messages to see if I was actually still working, “exporting partition P_33497 Oracle has experienced poopy pants the…
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