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> I work for a company which had annual revenue of just over $400M for 2001.
> A person, regardless of credentials, would NEVER be hired as a DBA
> with less than 3 years previous DBA experience.
I guess it depends on the company, but I agree that experience is essential regardless of credentials. But consider this, would a professor of computer science who had no experience in the industry, god forbid, get the job?
> You do the math. We average just under $2,000,000 in sales per day.
> What does one hour of downtime cost the company?
works out $83333.33/hr
> My SWAG is that one hour of down time costs more than the DBA's
> annual salary. We simply can't afford mistakes due to learning curve.
no guess needed there.
> HTH & YMMV
no, you didnt answer my question.
> HAND!
u 2.
Received on Sun Apr 28 2002 - 22:53:06 CDT