Re: Salaries

From: Geoffrey Bray <gbray1_at_my-deja.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 20:33:07 GMT
Message-ID: <7vnhq4$g10$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

In discussing salary you really need to include a few more items. Where you work in the U.S. makes a pretty big difference. i.e. I work in Fort Worth as an Oracle DBA (plus a lot more) on a PeopleSoft implementation. I could probably make about $10K more if I was willing to work in Dallas. I could also make a lot more if I went the consulting route. You also have to consider other things such as benefits (insurance, 401K, stock plans, etc.) and don't forget the soft benefits either (flex hours, flex days, vacation, etc.)

I could switch job descriptions or make a few other adjustments ... but what would I give up? I work 9 hour days and take every other Friday off. I have flex hours so I vary when I come in and take 1 1/2 hours off for lunch to work-out. I've got 4 weeks of vacation, never have to travel, stock matching, 401K, a great boss, etc. Those are pretty important things to both me and my family.

All this to say that I'd consider a lot more than just $$$ in considering a career move.

Geoffrey

In article <7vn53i$bch$1_at_xs4.xs4all.nl>, plast_at_xs4all.nl wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I have a question about salaries for Oracle DBA's, Unix Adminis,
> and Network Engineers.
>
> Currently, I am an Oracle DBA with a strong Unix backgroud who is
> making the high 70's in the U.S.
>
> Recently someone tried to sell me on the idea of getting my Cisco
> certification and making a job change to tcp networking engineering.
> They claimed that it would pay far better then eith Unix admin or
> Oracle DBA.
>
> I've been doing Unix and Oracle for close to 10 to 15 years now; if
> I do as this guy suggested, I would be almost throwing that away.
Further,
> I find that it would cost approx 10,000 in classes to pass the exams
> and get the certification.
>
> I have a strong feeling that this would be a foolish move. Do you
> agree?
>
> Perhaps my salary of the high 70's is out of scale? Should I be
> able to get much more by hunging around in my current field without
> shlepping the bucks to get the Cisco cert and then changing gears?
> How much to top DBA's and Unix admins get verses tcpip guru's?
>
> Thanks
>
> Marv
>

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Before you buy. Received on Tue Nov 02 1999 - 14:33:07 CST