Re: [OffTopic] Curiosity about vision of the future for dba oracle ...

What do you think is a good one? Dev Ops? Software Engineer? Maybe Data Science if it's not a fad?

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 7:30 PM, Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Oracle 18c is a long time away. It will be at least 3-4 years until you
> see the first ones in production. DBA job is dead now, not because of the
> smart databases, but because of DBaaS stuff and cloud in general. Cloud
> makes it easy to just add more memory and CPU and not bother with trifle
> things like optimizing your SQL for performance. With RDS, you don't even
> need to do backup. However, job of a SME is not dead, it only requires a
> different set of skills. The IT technology is still not at the level that
> would eliminate need for professionals. However, the DBA job itself is
> dead, just like the job of a saddle maker. If you want to make a career
> decision, being an Oracle DBA is not a good one.
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> On 11/10/2017 02:25 PM, Juliano Ribeiro wrote:
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>> The question is: "After the announcement of Oracle Database 18c, is
>> anyone else considering starting to invest in other data-related areas?"
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