Re: Are Oracle GUIs causing a decline in DBA salaries?

tingl wrote:

> Why do you ask such a question? Do pilots get pay less because more things
> on the planes are automated?
>
> "Geomancer" <pharfromhome_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:cf90fb89.0304251215.1c893af8_at_posting.google.com...
> > Has anyone noticed that the Oracle GUI tools and wizards are making it
> > far too easy to be an Oracle DBA?
> >
> > Just for fun, I asked my 9-year-old daughter to install Oracle9i on a
> > PC, and she was successful without a word of assistance from me. (BTW,
> > she though it was "real boring")
> >
> > Anyhow, I hear that the next OEM is going to be so easy that even an
> > MSCE will be able to do Oracle DBA work, and I'm worried.
> >
> > How will us Oracle DBAs be able to justify our salaries once Oracle
> > becomes as easy to use as MS-Access?
> >

And to the load of traditional responsibilities one can add 9iAS, Java, XML, etc.

And with 10i new things you can barely imagine.

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Daniel Morgan
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