I think a database administrator, or DBA, is a very interesting career. The skills listed by Wikipedia for this job are strong organizational skills, strong logical and analytical thinker, ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail, ability to think broadly and consider impacts across systems and within the organization. All of these sound like my kind of challenge. I handle many database management duties at my current career. I work with systems built on Firefox and SQL.
I don’t see myself leaving my career anytime soon as I am a retire-at-one-place kind of guy. But, things happen and I would consider this career as a backup. I am not sure if I would go for a full on DBA job or as a consultant for one of the specific databases that I currently work on. I think there is a job niche open for firefighters with technical abilities to assist other departments that are too small to have full time DBA’s. I could bridge the gap between the database designer and the regular firefighter and make a system do what they need it to do in a way that they could do it. I think a lot of careers need a person in there corner when databases are set up and designed.
According to Monster.com, the salaries range from $35,000 to $115,000 and the majority of the jobs available require a higher degree.
Approximately 38.6% of the listings on Monster.com require a Bachelor’s Degree and 23.5% require a Master’s degree. There are several certifications that would be obtained during the career, but not to get hired for the lower salary range, entry level jobs.
Bibliography
Database Administrator. Web. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_administrator>.
Database Administrator. Web. <http://my.monster.com/job-profiles/Database-Administrator.aspx
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