Re: About to start classses for Oracle DBA.... Will I be able to get a job

From: Karl E. Taylor <ktayloraz_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 05:12:35 -0700
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Mark C. Stock wrote:

> "Karl E. Taylor" <ktayloraz_at_gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:0heat2-c1h1.ln1_at_dhcpdns2.ddsoho.com...
> 

>>Mark C. Stock wrote:
>>
>>><ibm_97_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>news:1124211120.648717.118430_at_g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Forgot one thing.
>>>>In most cases, people should get paid over 80k after 2 yrs with REAL
>>>>experience. After that, it all depends, 100, 120, 150k....
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>That's not what I'm seeing in the southeast. 80k seems to almost be the
>>>maximum salary for any Oracle techie.
>>>
>>>++ mcs
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Same in the south west. And that's only if you are 10+ years on the
>>experience side. Short of that, 65 - 70k is about max.
>>
>>--
>>Dr. Karl E. Taylor
>>
>>Unix Systems Engineer / Oracle DBA

> 
> 
> and generally, the quality of work has adjusted to the new salaries ---  
> well, actually, it has over-adjusted
> 
> ++ mcs 
> 
> 

Well, that kind of depends on who I get.

I've interviewed a few of the left over dot com primadonas, that never bothered to update their skill sets, pathetic. 8+ years experience as an Oracle DBA, BS in CS from USC, and still don't understand the difference between SYSDBA and SYSOPR. Oh, and they still want 100+k per year too.

Then, I've interviewed veterans, 12 - 15 years doing this stuff, on a large number of platforms, eat, sleep, dream, and think in Sql or PL/Sql, fleuant in at least 3 or more programming languages, no degree of any kind, and when the topic of pay comes up, they say, "Make me an offer."

And then there's that 16 year old down the street that runs rings around them all.

-- 
Dr. Karl E. Taylor

Unix Systems Engineer / Oracle DBA

Received on Wed Aug 17 2005 - 07:12:35 CDT