5th August 2011, 09:27 AM
Very very strange days indeed, I've never found myself agreeing with so many posts on one thread, blimey!
I don't think it has strayed far off topic either because the issue of something as complex and debatable as DBAs is at the core of issues around levels, appropriate experience, and job titles. Of course they should be done by someone with appropriate experience, or at least the final result should be pretty well edited by someone who has, because if they are done badly you can potentially kiss the rest of the site goodbye. I started a thread ages ago about what I called 'sausage machine' DBAs, you turn the handle and out pops another one, just a load of unchecked HER data and little real consideration of the meaning or importance of the results, often, I suspect, turned out by people with not enough experience. You could design a computer programme to do some of them I'm sure!
I don't think it has strayed far off topic either because the issue of something as complex and debatable as DBAs is at the core of issues around levels, appropriate experience, and job titles. Of course they should be done by someone with appropriate experience, or at least the final result should be pretty well edited by someone who has, because if they are done badly you can potentially kiss the rest of the site goodbye. I started a thread ages ago about what I called 'sausage machine' DBAs, you turn the handle and out pops another one, just a load of unchecked HER data and little real consideration of the meaning or importance of the results, often, I suspect, turned out by people with not enough experience. You could design a computer programme to do some of them I'm sure!