Re: DBA pay in university
- From: Masha Gurenich <gurenich@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: DonGranaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:38:21 -0400
worked in academia for 2 years: very slow, relaxed environment, responsible
for everything, yes, you get 75% off of the tuition, kids can enroll free,
but the salary is way below the business world.
wasn't impressed at all. the only thing is that i got 4 weeks of vacation.
that was a nice touch. other than that - forget it.
:)
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Don Granaman
<DonGranaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 10 holidays? How about 6 "standard" holidays that most in the private
> sector get. I am "lucky" and get 7 - the std 6 + the day after
> Thanksgiving.
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Goulet, Richard
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 27, 2010 11:13 AM
> *To:* David Pintor
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> *Cc:* Dubovecky, Jeff; dackoc@xxxxxxxxx; jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx;
> cboyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kp0773@xxxxxxxxx; Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* RE: DBA pay in university
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> Dave,
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> That's usually not including the 10 holidays we observe. I assume
> your in Europe and yes we do envy you folks. Especially the folks in
> India, they really KNOW how to have holidays!!!
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> Dick Goulet
> Senior Oracle DBA
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> *From:* David Pintor [mailto:painterman@xxxxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:07 PM
> *To:* Goulet, Richard
> *Cc:* Dubovecky, Jeff; dackoc@xxxxxxxxx; jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx;
> cboyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kp0773@xxxxxxxxx; Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Re: DBA pay in university
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> Two weeks vacation?!
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> Guys, I really don't know how you survive there in the US with only two
> weeks of holidays a year...
>
> David
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> On 27 October 2010 16:44, Goulet, Richard <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> Well, I'll tell you what I found during my interview, name of the
> institution intentionally left out.
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> 1- Nice small institution (somewhere between 10K and 20K students).
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> 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)
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> 3- Salary along the lines for NH ( about 1/3 rd of my current at the
> time)
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> 4- Benefits similar to industry (health and dental, 2 weeks vacation to
> start, long term disability, 401K match similar to industry, no pension,
> etc.....)
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> 5- reduced tuition for self and direct family members (something like
> 25%)
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> 6- Single DBA for the entire institution, required to handle Oracle,
> DB2, and Sql*Server (Production, development, testing, and student play
> areas)
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> 7- Did your own OS maintenance as well, mostly Windoze.
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> 8- 24x7 support with pager and VPN
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> 9- Expected to assist staff and students with DB problems, questions,
> etc.....
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> Now you tell me if I made the right choice or not.
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> 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
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> 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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