Re: DBA position for City of Bryan, TX

In article <4ini9r$a8l_at_news.myriad.net>, jon_at_ci.bryan.tx.us (Jon L. Gardner) writes:
>months ago, and we haven't seen any decent applicants in months of
>looking!
>
>"We" are an electric utility (Bryan Utilities) that is part of the
>local municipal government (the City of Bryan), and our utility
>billing database is being moved off of an IBM 4361 mainframe onto >including both cities and the university, is about 150,000. Decent
>shopping, plenty of stores/restaurants/entertainment, but still feels
>very much like a small town, very friendly, fairly low cost-of-living,
>lots of rural area surrounding it if you want to live in the
>country/work in town.
>
>See the following urls for regional and City of Bryan info:
><http://www.rtis.com/reg/bcs/>
><http://www.rtis.com/reg/bryan/>
>
>DBA position has great benefits package, low-stress working
>environment, reasonable flexibility with work hours, ~$35k or so.
>missing out on the 'net by coming to a "small town!"
>
>If you are interested and have questions, please send email to
><hattaway_at_ci.bryan.tx.us>. If you want to apply, call (409) 361-3600
>and ask for the personnel department. The job is listed as "Database
>Administrator" in the Electric Engineering division.
>
>The City of Bryan is an equal opportunity employer.
>(I'm supposed to put that in, I believe.)
>
>Thanks!
>
>>>>>----------------->
>Jon L. Gardner, Network Administrator (jon_at_ci.bryan.tx.us)
>City of Bryan, Texas <http://www.rtis.com/reg/bryan/>
>Voice: (409) 821-5724 Fax: (409) 821-5795
>*I speak only for myself, not for the City of Bryan*
>

Jon,

I realize that the city of Brian is small & it is rural, etc, etc. However answer one question, what is the current income of the local medical community, i.e physicians, plumber etc. I whould say much higher than 35K /Yr. A good DBA is a professional, like any other professions mentioned above, the DBA maintains the storage of vital data, which if lost can impact the earnings of the utility. What would you say is the value of the data in the database. What would you say is the indexed cost of living in Bryan Vs the so called big cities, say 75% of the average, Would you say that in big city the DBA makes, calculate it yourself.

I understand that the rural lifestyle has its +'s , however for your information, first year progremmers etc are currenty making 45K+ average nationwide, which still includes Bryan, to my knowledge.

I hope you will find a poor fool soon.  

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