Of course the question is not the job being posted but did they actually HIRE someone at that rate and what KIND of person did they get? I can hire a boatload of DBA's for $10 an hour..... Just gotta run to the local hang-out corner where all the labor waits ... now, what kind of results I get might be worth asking... :-) You can pay me now..... Or you can pay me later after you can't recover your database. :-) Robert G. Freeman Author: OCP: Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional Study Guide (Sybex) Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press) Portable DBA: Oracle (Oracle Press) Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) Oracle9i New Features (Oracle Press) Other various titles out of print now... Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com The LDS Church is looking for DBA's. You do have to be a Church member in good standing. A lot of kind people write me, concerned I may be breaking the law by saying you have to be a Church member. It's legal I promise! :-) http://pages.sssnet.com/messndal/church/parachurch.pdf ________________________________ From: Dba DBA <oracledbaquestions@xxxxxxxxx> To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, May 1, 2009 9:03:30 AM Subject: Re: * Oracle DBA Needed in Montana compensation is not the same across the country even given for living standards. I have been told that technical pay in south florida is horrible. that being said, in a bad economy, I have seen alot of terrible wage positions. There was a job advertised recently for a senior DBA in fairfax, va at $50k that required 100% travel. I also see alot of "can't quit or we sue you contracts" that pay nothing, and don't guarantee payment in any sort of time period. On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:18 AM, <Michael.Coll-Barth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 85K goes far in New York. Just not the upper West Side, Scarsdale or the Hamptons. > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Taylor, > Chris David > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:13 AM > To: robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx; m.haddon@xxxxxxxxx > Cc: Oracle Discussion List > Subject: RE: * Oracle DBA Needed in Montana > > I would have thought that 85K in Montana would go pretty far. > Perhaps I > am wrong though: > The information contained in this message and any attachment may be proprietary, confidential, and privileged or subject to the work product doctrine and thus protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by replying to this message and deleting it and all copies and backups thereof. Thank you. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l