Re: DBA pay in university
- From: David Pintor <painterman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:07:04 +0100
Two weeks vacation?!
Guys, I really don't know how you survive there in the US with only two
weeks of holidays a year...
David
On 27 October 2010 16:44, Goulet, Richard <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Well, I'll tell you what I found during my interview, name of the
> institution intentionally left out.
>
> 1- Nice small institution (somewhere between 10K and 20K students).
> 2- Nice location, straight up NH route 113 from my home (that can be
> really enjoyable in the fall and spring, bit of a problem in the winter but
> that's what a 4X4 is for)
> 3- Salary along the lines for NH ( about 1/3 rd of my current at the
> time)
> 4- Benefits similar to industry (health and dental, 2 weeks vacation to
> start, long term disability, 401K match similar to industry, no pension,
> etc.....)
> 5- reduced tuition for self and direct family members (something like
> 25%)
> 6- Single DBA for the entire institution, required to handle Oracle,
> DB2, and Sql*Server (Production, development, testing, and student play
> areas)
> 7- Did your own OS maintenance as well, mostly Windoze.
> 8- 24x7 support with pager and VPN
> 9- Expected to assist staff and students with DB problems, questions,
> etc.....
>
> Now you tell me if I made the right choice or not.
>
>
> Dick Goulet
> Senior Oracle DBA
>
>
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> *From:* Dubovecky, Jeff [mailto:jpd40@xxxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 27, 2010 11:25 AM
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> *To:* dackoc@xxxxxxxxx; jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx
> *Cc:* cboyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Goulet, Richard; kp0773@xxxxxxxxx;
> Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* RE: DBA pay in university
>
> Just to follow-up on this thread, I’m also a public university employee
> and I agree with Carol on most of her points. Benefits such as Tuition
> reimbursement for self/children and retirement plan/match were big factors
> in my decision to work at a University even at a lesser salary. For the
> staff I manage, we are more like a business as well as we’re responsible not
> only for production dba support, but also development and BI/Data Warehouse
> initiatives.
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> In terms of technology, this is where I was pleasantly surprised. We
> utilize many different technologies within the Oracle stack (RAC, Data
> Guard, OEM, PeopleSoft) as well as other IT initiatives (VMWare, etc.).
> While maybe not considered cutting edge anymore, this was a lot more than I
> expected coming in.
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