Re: To be or not to be a DBA

I tend to agree more with Daniel.

  Considering working hours involved (sometimes 16 or more hours a day) - this is not as "lucrative" as one can imagine. Person should be really liking what he is doing being a DBA.

Salary (which is IMHO is not that different for principal level DBA or J2EE developer) would never justify load, stress and pressure that DBA is subjected to in intensive production environment.

  Also Risk / Reward ratio for DBA is much higher then for developer.

Regards,

  Ron
  DBA Infopower
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"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1076867336.835297_at_yasure...
> Toby Brown wrote:
>
> > Gees, easy there Daniel. What makes you think that he doesn't enjoy DB
> > administration and is only interested in it for money?
>
> It is the impression I received from what I read: Nothing more and
> nothing less. If my impression was not the one the OP intended to
> convey then he needs to reconsider the phrases used.
>
> It takes two very different kinds of people to be happy with the
> positions being considered. Very few people are truly happy doing
> both unless all they are doing is filling a chair and surfing the
> net.
>
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Received on Sun Feb 15 2004 - 13:01:26 CST