The roles differ widely from company to company. Generally, smaller
companies have DBA's doing quite a bit more. It is not uncommon for DBA's
to do programming work and vice versa. Not to say that this approach is the
most productive. Good DBA and programmer work requires specialized and
extensive knowledge and experience. If one is doing both, chances are good
that he's not doing the best that can be done on either.

In the end, the managers will often have the final say and the DBA's make
do.

IMHO, of course.

-----Original Message-----
From: bralston
[mailto:oracledba-ezmlmshield-x50329637.[Email address protected]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 6:00 AM
To: LazyDBA Discussion
Subject: Dba's Role in a company

All, I am working for a smaller startup company that needs a dba. However,
the executive tier can't seem to understand what differentiates a DBA from
an oracle programmer/analyst. Does anyone have any documentation or input
into this discussion that might be helpful????


Thanks,

Brad


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