Watch out for the mad elk disease (no joke).
----- Original Message -----
From: Weaver, Walt <wweaver_at_rightnow.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 5:11 PM
Subject: RE: OFFTOPIC - Over-time pay (WAS: How to put egg on your face)
> Roger that.
>
> (Makin' slave wages in Montana, but with 40 pounds of fresh elk meat in the
> freezer)
>
> :>)
>
> --Walt Weaver
> Bozeman, Montana, USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Sent: 11/20/2000 3:29 PM
>
> On the other hand,I just LIKE it better down here. Everything is a
> tradeoff. ;-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 7:05 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>
>
> I'm getting curious now. I work as a consultant and lets just say that
> I
> make
> much more the 85k and I'm not even being billed out as a DBA. When I
> bill
> out
> as a DBA, I get about $20-$25 more an hour. I don't bill out at my
> current
> client because even though DBA work is 90% of my job, I was originally
> brought
> in as a developer and was retro-fitted into my current role about 2
> years
> ago
> when they realized that I had the skills and they did not have anyone
> else
> in-house at the time.
>
> Guess they like my performance because I am still here and was told only
> yesterday that there is about 2-3 years more work for me here. Anyway,
> I'm
> not
> complaining, I am very happy with my rates even if not being billed out
> at
> the
> correct rate. (for me, its not about money - I LOVE MY JOB).
>
> But I have looked at several articles regarding salary and rates for
> Oracle
> DBAs
> and they all seem far below my rates. I wonder if its because I am in
> Philadelphia (not as expensive as New York). In New York, I'd need well
> over
> 100k for the cost of living increase.
>
> I know a company in New Jersey that pays their Oracle DBAs $110k
> (full-time)
> and
> were complaining because they KNEW that they were offering below market
> value
> and were trying to find other *perks* to offer them in order to keep
> them at
> their company.
>
> SO, I'm wondering what the gammit is for salaries/rates. Am I just
> being
> spoiled in this area? The reason I am asking is because in the future I
> will be
> relocating to Boston. Boston has a much higher cost of living and would
> require
> me to shoot for an at least 20% increase in my current rates in order to
> maintain my current standard of living. But I am not sure if this will
> be
> very
> reasonable based on figures I have been seeing on DBA rates and
> salaires.
>
> So, are the articles undershooting the general populas? Or is demand
> just
> mucher lower in other areas. In Philly, the market is TERRIFIC for
> Oracle.
> Not many of us and people go WAY out the way to keep us.
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Hannah
>
>
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