RE: salary idea

  • From: "Bellows, Bambi (Comsys)" <bbel5@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <kjped1313@xxxxxxxxx>, <mdinh@xxxxxxxxx>, <post.ethan@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:00:01 -0500

Actually, I'm with Kellyn.  The price of DBAs is finally heading back
up.

 

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Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:46 AM
To: mdinh@xxxxxxxxx; post.ethan@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l-freelists
Subject: Re: salary idea

 

"My guess is the supply of experienced applicants is increasing in this
economy (HP and IBM seem to layoff endlessly) so I would be careful with
demanding too much."

 

Now I'm in the Denver area and have "head hunters" calling me daily, so
I'm going to have to disagree with this statement.  There are a number
of others on this list that I consider quite "high on the DBA food
chain" so they can correct me if they think I'm wrong here...:)

 

I've been told my many recruiters that they have a ton of positions they
can't fill-  they need senior DBA's who can do more than just Oracle and
that is where I have a solid niche in-  multi-platform, so of course, I
get a lot of calls.  They can find plenty of folks who are either Oracle
or SQL Server that are senior level, but if you are senior level in
Oracle and SQL Server, along with MySQL-  well, you are pretty much set
around here to set your price.

 

I agree that if you are willing to learn and address the databases they
need to have managed, no matter the flavor-  your value goes up-  WAY
UP....

Kellyn Pedersen

Sr. Database Administrator

I-Behavior Inc.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/kellynpedersen

www.dbakevlar.blogspot.com <http://www.dbakevlar.blogspot.com/> 

 

"Go away before I replace you with a very small and efficient shell
script..."



--- On Tue, 6/15/10, Ethan Post <post.ethan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Ethan Post <post.ethan@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: salary idea
To: mdinh@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: "Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"oracle-l-freelists" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 10:12 AM

Salaries are just a price for goods and like every price they rise and
fall with supply and demand. My guess is the supply of experienced
applicants is increasing in this economy (HP and IBM seem to layoff
endlessly) so I would be careful with demanding too much. There may be
other applicants which have the same level of experience as you and are
willing to work for less. Keep in mind that many times these laundry
lists of requirements are pie in the sky wish lists and employers often
settle for someone that are a less than perfect match. I have seen
applicants come back with sky high "consulting" salary requirements and
they don't often get hired unless the particular project is in a real
bind. NY state taxes are up there, so take that into consideration and
they are likely to rise in coming years as that state is one with the
serious financial issues.

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