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Azure Jane Lunatic (Azz) 🌺 ([personal profile] azurelunatic) wrote2003-04-29 01:07 pm

Morning

As I finished off my microflask of butterscotch schnapps last night, I was hungover this morning, in the delicate and ladylike way that I am. Feeling asleep, and only slightly more than normally thirsty. Also, I was woken up no less than three times by [livejournal.com profile] eris_raven sitting on me and purring...

Went to class. Burns reviewed the test. Of the test, I got a 93%: the PL/SQL engine could be on either client or server, and I put the comments in the wrong spots in the written sections. Not fair that I got -2 for misplaced, but complete, comments, and the guy next to me got the same amount of point loss for NO COMMENTS AT ALL.

Ah well. Burns is nitpicky because he wants to prepare us for the Real World, and more on target, wants us to not write Evil Mean Code...

Then I sat around for the better part of an hour, reading LJ. One of the other guys in the lab was reading LJ too; I peeked at his username and I didn't know him. So, like, hi, if you're reading this, which I expect you won't be, since you didn't really know my LJ name...

USAA was in the courtyard, courting students. I have my resumé online, so I just printed out a copy and wandered over when [livejournal.com profile] votania and Little Fayoumis came in. I would be perfect for it, and it pulls $13/hour (depending on experience) ... but there are no buses in that area as yet. Damn. And it's too iffy a market for [livejournal.com profile] votania to go into, despite the pay being damn good versus her current job.

Went to Web class, LF in tow. He was quiet; I was sleepy. We both did well. Evidently "God Da" is "Good Day." Hooray for him! When he's left on his own with paper and pen, he'll write now, instead of just drawing. And he's drawing stick figures, too. w00t!

We came home. He did his homework. He really is reading. Not everything in sight, but really really reading. I am so stoked, and so is he.

Lunch.

No Dumping
NO DUMPING
You're a clean freak. People are often amazed at
how clean and tidy you keep everything. No
shoes on the carpet, no cups without a coaster
beneath them. Cleanliness is next to
godliness.


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... which is so true these days.

[identity profile] gamgee.livejournal.com 2003-04-29 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Field experience note:

In my experience...

  • less than 10% of DBA's comment EVER!

  • 90%+ of systems have the DB on the webserver... client, server, same box

  • The anal-retentive methods he's teaching you are the hallmark of the truly skilled DBA that can just pull rabbits out of their indices.



Just to give you a brief look ahead.