The DBA's Demise

excerpted from an e-book: "Confession of an IT Manager", this is a funny poem but I do find this too close for comfort. I was here before, I am no DBA but this is relatable to every aspect of what I love to do for a living...

From your face I can see

that you work in IT

what has brought you to this sorry state?"

This poor wretched geek

then started to speak

and told me his terrible fate

Cruel fortune had picked him,

as sad deadlock victim.

The conflict had left him for dead;

for wise men don't mess

with a deadlocked process

an incident DBAs dread.

"When I'm dead, on my harp

I shall play in C#"

on my terminal, happy I'll be.

I'm going offline

to a site that's divine

where all pizza and coffee is free."

"Insert into grave

select * from poor Dave

And put on my gravestone 'Raiserror!

a victim, one time

of a deadlocking crime"

Then he died with a look of sheer terror.

I think I'm gonna like reading this book... i'll read along and see if there're anything else worth sharing, or perhaps I'll share this book soon