Re: Death of the DBA

From: Mladen Gogala <mladen_at_bogus.email.invalid>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:43:55 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <h6v53a$6vu$6_at_solani.org>



On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:22:18 -0400, geoff wrote:

> All the answers are off base, the biggest threat is, the job is shipped
> off to some country where the employer can pay $2 or $3 per hour.
>
> --g

Fortunately, that doesn't apply to the job of the DBA. First, companies usually do not outsource their crucial databases and second, DBA is usually the best technologist that the company has. That kind of expertize cannot be bought for $3/hr.

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