Re: Oracle 10g - Diminishing DBA roles ...

From: M Rothwell <ThisIsABadAddress_at_toobad.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:33:42 -0700
Message-ID: <4152fb91$1@usenet01.boi.hp.com>

offshore Hell wrote:

> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1095307177.620593_at_yasure>...
>

>>Dick wrote:
>>
>>
>>>All,
>>>    With Oracle 10g , It looks like the role of a DBA is getting 
>>>diminished.  I had a meeting with the Oracle Account manager for my 
>>>Company and he said " Now the DBAs can do some creative stuff..Like more 
>>>on development  blah..blah..."
>>>
>>>Well, I think it's time to move on to some thing else like ..Aaahh 
>>>..Well .... been a DBA for 12 yrs...and aahhhh... may be the "creative" 
>>>UNIX admin...or..
>>>
>>>Guys , What you all think ?
>>>
>>>Dick..
>>
>>The job of DBA isn't going away for those that understand that they must
>>continue to evolve their skills. A DBA five years from now may need to
>>understand skills such as UML diagramming (not just ERD). Like SOAP and
>>web services and JAR and EAR files not just .SQL.
>>
>>Those that can't or don't wish to evolve will go the way of the
>>dinosaurs. Now you may wish to get a different job and if so I'd suggest
>>beating the rush. But many young highly motivated DBAs are going back to
>>school and getting the skills they will need.

>
>
> More than technical skills, American DBA's and IT professionals need
> to get training on how to Oraganize, Unionize, fight their ugly
> corporations and ugly Indian offshore companies:
>
> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/980562/posts
>
> Does anyone have advise how to do that.
>
> Thanks

as much as I dislike the idea of jobs going out of country, I dislike unions even more. They are an evil scourge on society. Received on Thu Sep 23 2004 - 11:33:42 CDT