The guy at Enterprise Rental was so excited, "OH! You're a Database Administrator! Do you like that!?"
"No. I hate it. But it's what I was made for. And I'm...

Steve,
I recently switched from iPhone to Android and back again.
If you have the time and patience please get an Android.
If you want to jack with every possible setting...

What do you do for a living?
I'm a database administrator.
<blank stare>
I'm a carpenter. 
It's my job to build shelves for the programmers to store all of the...

I was interviewed by a student to briefly describe my day to day work.
My answer:
Maintaining systems:
 backups and restores
 database growth management
 software upgrades and patches
Supporting programmers: