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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostDBA is a dying skill? How do people administer their databases?
Originally posted by SimonMac View PostDBA's are ten a penny,
Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostCompetent DBAs are significantly more expensive.Comment
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i usually ignore the usual rate banter but
when my pm said in a genuine contract negotiation that he couldn't get another 50k through the budget for an extension it made me wonder. pm concluded the meeting before i could ask if my agency was breaking my commission obligation and i never got another opportunity.
I suggest its time to check what the agencies are actually billing hence the original question about agency margins
whats now considered a reasonable margin on rate ?Comment
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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostDying skill, you need to be thinking "Whats next"
Today its my rate thats being attacked tomorrow it may well be yoursComment
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Originally posted by colinrobinson View Postwhen my pm said in a genuine contract negotiation that he couldn't get another 50k through the budget for an extension it made me wonder. pm concluded the meeting before i could ask if my agency was breaking my commission obligation and i never got another opportunity.
I suggest its time to check what the agencies are actually billing hence the original question about agency margins
whats now considered a reasonable margin on rate ?
You make it sound like a conspiracy theory.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostWhy on earth would all the agencies collectively decide to squeeze DBA roles collectively but not everything else?
You make it sound like a conspiracy theory.
Unless you have evidence of some downward trend going back say 6 months, it's much more likely to be just the current state of the market.Comment
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostCompetent DBAs are significantly more expensive.
And just because you can do SQL doesn't mean you can do DBA work - as a DBA you're rarely allowed to touch anything that the developers have written, even if you knew what it was meant to do in the first place.
This. It's when non DBAs install SQL when they just do the click and run install that pi$$es me off. And then it ends up in full production with no downtime to fix their mistakes.
/rantover
qhHe had a negative bluety on a quackhandle and was quadraspazzed on a lifeglug.
I look forward to your all knowing and likely sarcastic and unhelpful reply.
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SaaS etc etc also means than fewer places need their own DBAs. Same number of DBAs + fewer positions = lower rates.Comment
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With Oracles new cloud database, and no doubt a service from Oracle to manage these databases from off shored locations Im glad Im not a DBA these days.Comment
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Originally posted by scope View PostWith Oracles new cloud database, and no doubt a service from Oracle to manage these databases from off shored locations Im glad Im not a DBA these days.Comment
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