You can get great online training from EnterpriseDB for a few hundred
dollars. They're always having sales and giving out discounts, but even
at full-price the training is well worth it, especially for those with
experience with other databases.
I don't think the market for PostgreSQL expertise is strong or
sustained, and I don't think it provides many decent paying jobs by
itself. I do think that having PostgreSQL expertise in addition to
Oracle or DB2 or MSSQL increases one's value, especially for specific
projects or products (i.e. Greenplum, etc).
The PostgreSQL feature set does not begin to compare to Oracle, DB2, or
MSSQL, so I've only seen it used for embedded application repositories,
but not for mission-critical enterprise database usage. Someone might
be able to cite to the contrary?
I jumped at the opportunity to learn PostgreSQL on my own dime, and I
enjoyed the project where it was used, and I still appreciate that
experience, but I have not made my paycheck dependent on it.
Just my US$0.02...
On 12/16/16 08:19, Mike Killough wrote:
Hi DBA's,
I have been an Oracle DBA now for 20+ years and am maybe a little set in my ways. It is possible that at the company that I work at we might convert from Oracle to PostGreSQL in the future to save on licensing costs. I'm on the tail end of my career and part of me thinks it would be fun to do something different. The other part thinks I have too much invested in Oracle.
I was curious what others on this list think. Bad career move? Decent paying jobs for PostGreSQL DBA's? Feature rich enough to be a good choice for a small company enterprise database?
Thanks,
Mike
