Re: Combo Oracle/SQLServer enterprise DBA Salary Info anywhere (or willing to share a range) ?

From: Dba DBA <oracledbaquestions_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:08:22 -0400
Message-ID: <CAE-dsO+H_Rto4hYAFN15Yf5hjyqd2TvaisPd=fSGTviSkQAS0g_at_mail.gmail.com>

guys who know c++ and java are definitely more competent than people who only know java. Since c/c++ requires you to know alot more. I work with a number of very experience (15-35 years) c/c++ developers who picked up java. They regularly complain about the java developers who only know java. They are having trouble finding people, since they don't like that the java developers don't know what goes on underneath their libraries. there is a good blog entry called something like "the plight of java schools" on the joelonsftware.com blog site that goes into details about it. This is a bit off target, but I have found that developers that know c/c++ are alot easier for DBAs to work with than guys who only know java. That being said, I don't think they make more money unless they go to google or facebook or something like that.

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Niall Litchfield < niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> My experience is that since SQL Server DBA staff earn less on average than
> Oracle staff the market perception is that there is no need to pay a
> premium
> for having skills in both products. I personally think that's pretty poor,
> but it is consistent with the way product sets are evaluated for
> compensation packages in our industry Java/C++ developers are unlikely to
> earn more than Java or C++ developers for example, though they possibly are
> both more skilled and admittedly will have more opportunities open up.
> All this is written from a European (specifically UK) perspective.
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Taylor, Chris David <
> ChrisDavid.Taylor_at_ingrambarge.com> wrote:
>
> > Which is to say it all depends on #3 ;)
> >
> > Chris Taylor
> > Sr. Oracle DBA
> > Ingram Barge Company
> > Nashville, TN 37205
> > Office: 615-517-3355
> > Cell: 615-663-1673
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> > From: Paul Barrett [mailto:tinojam_at_gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:40 AM
> > To: andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com
> > Cc: Taylor, Chris David; oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> > Subject: Re: Combo Oracle/SQLServer enterprise DBA Salary Info anywhere
> (or
> > willing to share a range) ?
> >
> >
> > I am curious to see what people say about this one because I play both
> > roles.
> > To me it all depends on the (1) your level of experience, (2) your
> > percentage of responsibility on each platform and (3) if the company is
> on
> > the cheap side :)
> > On Sep 20, 2011 11:33 AM, "Andrew Kerber" <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com
> <mailto:
> > andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
> > > Are you in the US? Depending on experience, a good dba can get 90k+.
> > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Taylor, Chris David <
> > > ChrisDavid.Taylor_at_ingrambarge.com<mailto:
> > ChrisDavid.Taylor_at_ingrambarge.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Anyone have a link to salary info for a combination for combo Oracle
> and
> > >> SQL Server DBA? Or, might be willing to share a salary range (with me,
> > not
> > >> the list) if you are responsible for both? :)
> > >> Looks like my job is changing in that I am _the_ database
> administrator
> > >> moving forward with someone who can backfill as needed except in
> > >> emergencies.
> > >>
> > >> Any help is much appreciated.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Chris
> > >>
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> > >>
> > >>
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