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So, in this sense, we (or rather our jobs) really are helping world peace?
That'll make me feel better as I upsell customers to the "Biggie"-size combo
meal... :-)
Continuing with the "water level in the lake" analogy, I do believe that production support (applications, databases, systems, and network) and its attendent skills (i.e. architecture, high-availability, and performance tuning) reside in the deepest part of the lake...
on 8/14/03 9:44 AM, KENNETH JANUSZ at kjanusz_at_att.net wrote:
> If India and Pakistan go to war. Or, China tries to retake Taiwan you will > see this reverse real fast. > > Ken > > > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:14 AM > > >> Tim, >> >> I regret to have to agree with you. More of the IT jobs are & will be > moving to overseas locations until those locations prove that they cannot > support US operations for one reason or other. I believe it is just an > effort by unintelligent CEO, CIO, and CFO's to save a buck today. What > we'll end up with is a number of large companies that are trying to sell > products to a lot of unemployed middle class people who won't open their > wallets. What's the old saying, penny wise pound foolish? As in save a > penny here drop a dollar there. >> >> Dick Goulet >> Senior Oracle DBA >> Oracle Certified 8i DBA >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:54 AM >> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L >> >> >> Of course the shipment of "development work" out of the US affects DBAs! >> Support of production systems is only one part of the job, and the >> outsourcing of application development to another physical location then >> necessarily outsources the systems/database administration with it. How >> many huge application development projects do you see in the US these > days? >> >> There is no "cherry picking". The IT industry in the US is moving > overseas, >> it is a trend, and it will move much faster than the manufacturing sector >> did, for obvious reasons. There is lighter equipment to move. >> >> It is difficult to tell that the water level in the lake is dropping when >> you are treading water. Until your feet touch bottom... >> >> >> >> on 8/14/03 8:24 AM, DENNIS WILLIAMS at DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM wrote: >>
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>>>> I've been keeping an eye on the Boston Globe's Oracle DBA job postings,
>>>> years ago it wasn't uncommon to see eight or more per week, now I tend > to >>>> see one or two, or none. >>>> >>>> For a while they also announced big IT job fairs, I don't know if they
>>>> do that or how successful they now are. >>>> >>>> The market has really shrunk in two years! >>>> >>>> There can't be a huge glut of DBAs out there looking for work... It > must
>>>> a reduction in demand because companies are not making big > infrastructure >>>> changes anymore. >>>> >>>> Patrice. >>>> -- >>>> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net >>>> -- >>>> Author: Boivin, Patrice J >>>> INET: BoivinP_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca >>>> >>>> Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com >>>> San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >>>> to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >>>> the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >>>> (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >>>> also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). >>>> >>>> >> >> -- >> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net >> -- >> Author: Tim Gorman >> INET: tim_at_sagelogix.com >> >> Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com >> San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >> to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >> the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >> (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >> also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). >> -- >> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net >> -- >> Author: Goulet, Dick >> INET: DGoulet_at_vicr.com >> >> Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com >> San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >> to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >> the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >> (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >> also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Tim Gorman INET: tim_at_sagelogix.com Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).Received on Thu Aug 14 2003 - 12:29:35 CDT
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