RE: Future demand for DBAs

From: Ron Rogers <RROGERS_at_galottery.org>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 12:59:25 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005CEAA8.20030903125925@fatcity.com>

by the time 2010 rolls around I will be on FULL social Security.

The numbers were not given but the percentages were. 66% increase in the DBA's and 25% of the workforce will be over 55. Is that 25% of the 66% that are DBA's or is it 66% of the 25% that are DBA's?

Rom mª¿ªm

>>> DGoulet_at_vicr.com 09/03/03 02:54PM >>> "They estimate that by 2010, a quarter of the IT workforce will be over 55
years old."

Well, I don't know about that, but one of those old fogies is right here!!

Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA
Oracle Certified 8i DBA

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The META Group has released a study that forecasts increased demand for DBAs
in the future. They quote the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor
Statistics that forecasts a 66% increase in DBAs by 2010. The two factors
that META feels will increase demand are:

1. Increased use of DW
2. Aging workforce They estimate that by 2010, a quarter of the IT workforce will be over 55 years old. The new features to make databases self-managing will only help with lower value labor intensive tasks such as schema changes and performance tuning, not with higher value skills such as design and troubleshooting.

Dennis Williams
DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
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