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Sean D Stuber    
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sdstuber at experts-exchange dot com


September 15, 2009 - 2 years and 2 days ago I answered my first question on EE.   It's been a lot of fun.  I'm proud to have been able to help so many people and honored that some come back specifically for my assistance.  Added bonus is all of the great people I've encountered through this site.

August 5, 2009 - EE named me the 2nd most efficient Expert!  I had no idea; but kind of cool!  :)  http://www.ee-stuff.com/Newsletter/080509newsletter.htm

July 28, 2009 - Woohoo!  Finally reached the Hall of Fame!  I do feel bad though that my rise means somebody else has to be bumped off.

June 23, 2009 - My article http://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/Database/Oracle/How-Oracle-Stores-Passwords.html  Was designated "EE Approved" today.  I hope you find it helpful

May 21, 2009 - I've been cutting back drastically since the beginning of the year and trying to get my open question count down and it's been slowly succesful.  I'm down under 65 open questions with only 6 remaining open from last year.  If you have an open question, please close it, or provide some feedback for me to work with.  Even if all my open questions were accepted with C's  I'd easily reach the hall of fame; but I'm shooting for a little better than that.  :)

May 14, 2009 - Earned my Master Oracle CRM certificate today as well as my PL/SQL Genius.  
I'm happy about the PL/SQL but not the CRM.  Like the SCM product I mentioned a few weeks ago I know
nothing about the Oracle CRM product.  The questions in that zone have been, with few exceptions, just
plain Oracle sql or pl/sql related and a few about administration; but not the CRM product.
I recommend the Oracle CRM zone also be eliminated and the questions consolidated into the "Oracle Product Info" or "Oracle Database" zones.

When I started answering questions on EE I thought it would be fun to try to reach Genius in one year.  
I didn't make it, but I did complete 3 in less than two years so I can be happy with that.
Next goal is to reach the Hall of Fame.

May 7, 2009  - I presented at Collaborate09.  To the EE members that came, thanks and I hope you enjoyed it!  Contact me at the address below if you'd like the slides, whitepaper or sample code.


April 28, 2009 - Today I earned my Master Oracle SCM  certificate which is a bit bogus.
This is a bad zone.  The questions in it aren't specific to the Supply Chain product just generic Oracle, SQL or PL/SQL.
And while those areas are my strong suit, I know nothing about the Supply Chain product itself.  However if people continue to post
generic Oracle questions there, I'll still try to answer them anyway.  I do suggest though that the zone be removed and the questions
consolidated into the Oracle Product Info zone or the parent Oracle zone.


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I've been a member for several years but for whatever reason never participated until September 2007.   (Answered my first question  Sep. 13)
Now that I've started, I really enjoy helping people on Expert Exchange and try very hard to give complete answers when I can.
Oracle Database Zones are definitely my strongest area.
I used to keep track of when I earned every rank in every zone
but now I'm just keeping track of the big milestones.
                             
2008-01-21 4th Annual Expert Awards   Oracle Database -  Most Points by Rookie (110,341)
2008-04-23 2008 1st Quarter Awards  Oracle Database - Most points and Most Answered
2008-05-30 First to reach Wizard in PL/SQL
2008-06-02 First to reach Wizard in Oracle 10.x
2008-07-17 First to reach Wizard in Oracle 9.x
2008-08-28 First to reach Sage in Oracle 10.x
2008-09-02 First to reach Sage in PL/SQL
2009-11-21 First to reach Sage in Oracle 9.x
2008-12-01 2,000,000 total points  (I have no idea when I reached 1 million, probably early-mid year)
2009-01-21 2008 4th Quarter Awards   Oracle 10.x - Most points and Most Answered
2009-01-21 5th Annual Expert Awards  Oracle 10.x - Most Points, Most Answered, Most Assist
2009-02-09 Genius Oracle Database       http://www.experts-exchange.com/Q_24136509.html - thanks everybody!
2009-02-13 2000 Questions Answered
2009-04-01 First to reach Guru in Oracle 8.x
2009-04-14 Genius in Oracle 10.x (First to reach Geninus in 10.x and first to have 2 Genius certificates in Oracle zones)
2009-04-15 2009 1st Quarter Awards    Oracle Database - Most points and Most Answered
2009-05-14 Genius PL/SQL (First to reach Genius in PL/SQL and first to have 3 Genius certificates in Oracle zones)
2009-06-26 Granted Zone Advisor status, I'm truly honored to be asked to accept the position.
2009-07-12  3,000,000 total points
2009-07-28  Reached the Hall of Fame in position 101
2009-10-06  HOF #90
2009-10-22  Moved up to #2 in Oracle Database zone Overall ranking


Personal email:  sean.stuber  at gmail  dot com
Please don't use this to circumvent the EE system.
If you do (or I just think you might be) I WILL IGNORE YOUR EMAIL!!!!
Expertise:
Computer Expertise:
Advanced
Experience:
20-29 years
Skills / Accomplishments:
Specialty: Oracle SQL and PL/SQL Development,  Performance Tuning
Primary Languages: SQL, PL/SQL,
Other Languages: C, VB, VB.Net, java, UNIX Shell scripting, VMS DCL scripting
Employment Background:
Occupation / Title:
DBA/Developer
Experience:
20-29 years
Company Size:
500+
Education:
Education Level:
Bachelor
Years in Industry:
20-29 years
Hobbies / Interests
Martial Arts
   I actively practice Tae Kwon Do and Krav Maga
   but I've also dabbled in Karate, Modern Arnis, Jiu-Jitsu and Akido

Table Tennis/Ping-Pong
  I've been without a table for years, just got mine back and love playing again.

Wii Mario Kart
   Near as I can tell, Mario Kart is all Wii is good for, but even if it's a one game system, that's ok.  I love it!
   Yes, I know there are other games, they just have no interest for me at all.


Cooking (cajun, greek & chinese are my favorites)

Dining out (I love going to new places)

Reading (fantasy, science fiction and Oracle tech manuals (yes, really))

Trivia (Burst on Buzztime/NTN)

Games (card games, board games, strategy games, triva games)

Experts-Exchange
2,918 Questions Answered
Date Points Title Activity Type Zone
11/20/09 500 Cannot access objects from a… Accepted Oracle 10.x
11/20/09 500 Oracle Cursors Accepted PL / SQL
11/19/09 500 date datatype in SQL Assisted Oracle
11/19/09 500 memory table Accepted Oracle 9.x
11/19/09 500 In Oracle, how can I concate… Accepted Oracle
 
1,028 Questions Participated In
12,354 Comments Posted
 
 
1 Article Written
24 Article Comments
Date Title Activity Type Status Zone
1 10/27/09 How Oracle Stores Passwords Article Comment Published Oracle
2 06/15/09 Decoding the Oracle ROWID (and som… Article Comment Published Oracle
4 06/09/09 How Oracle Stores Passwords Article Published Oracle