> <grin>
> As a senior Java code monkey and team lead, if posed with the choice of
> hiring one Oracle DBA at $80K per year, or two junior Java code monkeys at
> $40K per year, I'll hire the Java monkeys and train them to be admins and
> they will be as competent as necessary. The bottom line is DBA's cost a
> company money, Java developers make a company money, and no good database
> product should need a $80K per year "babysitter."
> </grin>
>
> ;)
Yep, DBA's only cost a company money ... in the eyes of most developers ;-)
Received on Sat Nov 05 2005 - 20:02:49 CST
