Optimistic job description

vmcburney · Post by **vmcburney** » Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:30 pm

Just posted today on seek.com.au

We have an urgent requirement for an experienced ETL Developer with strong DataStage version 7.0 and Oracle experience.

http://it.seek.com.au/users/viewdetails ... ID=2912740

That DataStage 7.0 requirement may be a difficult one to fill! Especially since no Australian company participated in the version 7.0 beta testing. While we are at it how about Windows 2004 experience essential and must be able to use a teleporter.

Vincent McBurney
Data Integration Services
www.intramatix.com

tonystark622 · Post by **tonystark622** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:40 pm

heh! I see stuff like this all the time and it cracks me up. Just shows that the customer's requirements may be "negotiable". Have a good weekend, Vincent!

Tony

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Sat Aug 30, 2003 4:23 pm

In 1999 there was an ad seeking someone with five years' DataStage experience. Version 1.0 was 1997; we remember it fondly.

Ray Wurlod
Education and Consulting Services
ABN 57 092 448 518

kduke · Post by **kduke** » Sat Aug 30, 2003 4:29 pm

Ray

Version 1.0 barely worked and every version till 2.2 broke all your previous jobs. Upgrading was painful. Version 3 was the first solid product.

Kim.

Kim Duke
DwNav - ETL Navigator
www.Duke-Consulting.com

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Sat Aug 30, 2003 4:34 pm

Irony, Kim. [;)]

IIRC the shortest-lived release was 2.0, followed three weeks later by 2.1 to fix the bits they'd broken.

Ray Wurlod
Education and Consulting Services
ABN 57 092 448 518

Teej · Post by **Teej** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 10:04 am

Well...

The Enterprise went back in time to 1986...

So it's possible!

But of course, you'll need a talking mouse to get THAT version to work.

-T.J.

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... now if this can make breakfast, my life is complete.