{"id":1390,"date":"2008-03-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2008-03-04T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-04T12:00:00","slug":"how-to-be-invited-to-the-oak-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/04\/how-to-be-invited-to-the-oak-table\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be invited to the Oak Table"},"content":{"rendered":"

1) Write excellent technical papers about Oracle … (CHECK)
2) Possess a mixture of intelligence, dignity and fun … (CHECK)
3) Know a few good drinking games … (CHECK)
4) Wear a pair of clogs<\/a> while presenting … (CHECK)<\/p>\n

See? It’s easy!<\/p>\n

Welcome, Alex G<\/a>. I can’t think of a more suitable member. It’s a shame I couldn’t have a beer with you today …<\/p>\n

(I suppose I’ll be accused of either jumping the gun, betraying another secret or stealing Marco’s scoop<\/a> again, depending on the viewing angle but, you know, I’ll get over it 😉)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1) Write excellent technical papers about Oracle … (CHECK)2) Possess a mixture of intelligence, dignity and fun … (CHECK)3) Know a few good drinking games … (CHECK)4) Wear a pair of clogs while presenting … (CHECK) See? It’s easy! Welcome, Alex G. I can’t think of a more suitable member. It’s a shame I couldn’t… Continue reading How to be invited to the Oak Table<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1327,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/22\/meep\/","url_meta":{"origin":1390,"position":0},"title":"MEEP!","date":"October 22, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I have so much to blog about after a couple of weeks of running around, but I'll start off with an easy one.Check this out.My daughter is on her first ever work experience programme this week but I don't think it's going to be like that one \ud83d\ude09Good luck, Jan!","rel":"","context":"With 1 comment","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":967,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/25\/a-small-follow-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":1390,"position":1},"title":"A small follow-up","date":"July 25, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"From a previous blog entry :-\"... 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