Re: DBA future prospects

hhiruya wrote:

> Dear mates,
> I work as an Oracle DBA since 9 years. And I wonder what future career
> prospects paths are there for DBAs. I mean I don't want to be a DBA for
> the rest of my life. Actually, I'd like to do something that has more
> human interaction and less technical but still in the IT field or
> requires IT knowledge (I don't want to waste the 9 years IT experience
> that I have, I want to utilise it). As you knowa DBA work is very
> technical and is more or less a solo work.
>
> Any of you who was a DBA or an IT man and moved to a career still in
> the IT field but with less techincal but more human interaction work,
> I'll be glad to hear about your experiences, and thnx very much. I have
> a 4 years Bachelor Degree in IT & Business and I don't mind going for a
> Master Degree if the suggested career path requires that.
> Thxn mates for any replies in advance.
>
> Harry Hiruya

If by DBA you mean install, configure, backup, and recover I'd say the profession is dying. If by DBA you mean tuninng, working with the App Server, building RAC clusters, and acting as a mentor to the developers the job will be here for the forseeable future.

The DBA job will survive. The DBAs that still can't find their way to using RMAN will not.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)


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