Re: Realistic administration duties

From: Doug Freyburger <dfreybur_at_colltech.com>
Date: 2000/08/07
Message-ID: <398EED94.6B9E@colltech.com>#1/1

Eric Braeden wrote:

> In my experience DBAs are never good at Sys Admin duties,
> and vice versa.

You have encountered different people than I have, then. To be the top in either field requires very similar personality traits and intellectual capacity. Switching requires a huge amount of education in either direction, because they both encompass much of the computer world, though DBA doesn't require as much analog electronics and RF physics, but those who switch do very well once they get over the learning curve.

> Of course, there are cross-overs that do well.
> These guys should be making about $150,000 a year and up.

Agreed. CPA/Laywers also do well, for the same reasons.

Doug Freyburger, Senior Consultant, Collective Technologies We manage complex systems, networks and databases. http://www.colltech.com Received on Mon Aug 07 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT