The Seven Deadly Habits of a DBA and How to Cure Them by Paul Vallee
Calling widespread bad habits in database administration "deadly" may seem extreme. However, when you consider the critical nature of most data, and just how damaging data loss or corruption can be to a corporation, "deadly" seems pretty dead-on. Although these habits are distressingly common... THE BLAME GAME: "Don't look at me, it's the developer's fault that SQL is in production" Some DBAs have a real "us versus them" mentality when it comes to developers in their organization. ... Consider assigning an individual DBA in a developer support role.