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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Barendd Nobeard" data-source="post: 2722709" data-attributes="member: 960">I am an Oracle DBA.Quoted for truth.But, this I have to disagree with:Top-end Oracle DBAs can make a lot of money just doing database work.  While that will involve some programming in Oracle's own special PL/SQL product, you wouldn't really need other programing languages.  But, on the other hand, someone who knows PeopleSlop can rake in the bucks--but you have to deal with PeopleSlop (which Oracle bought and is currently phasing out, so don't spend money learning PeopleSlop unless you know it's the most current version or at least a version you will be working with.  After we go to PeopleSlop 8.9, we're going to "Fusion" (the PeopleSlop / Oracle HR hybrid from hell) and after that who knows....). Quoted for truth.The corollary to this axiom is that "management believes whatever consultants tell them."  So, once you're an Oracle DBA, don't be surprised when PHBs (that, "Pointy-Haired Bosses") never listen to you (despite your training, experience, and testing) and ask you to do totally stupid things that any competent DBA should never do.No, I'm not bitter.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />There is a lot of good information in this thread; the other piece of information I would stress is that DBA is pretty much a dead-end job (as der_kluge pointed out above).  Unless you want to move into management.  And by that, I mean general IT management, not just managing a DBA team.  And none of the good DBAs want to do that (that's why they're good DBAs).Good luck!</blockquote>

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