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"Goulet, Dick" wrote: > > "They estimate that by 2010, a quarter of the IT workforce will be over 55 > years old." > > Well, I don't know about that, but one of those old fogies is right here!! > > Dick Goulet > Senior Oracle DBA > Oracle Certified 8i DBA > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:55 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > The META Group has released a study that forecasts increased demand for DBAs > in the future. They quote the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor > Statistics that forecasts a 66% increase in DBAs by 2010. The two factors > that META feels will increase demand are: > 1. Increased use of DW > 2. Aging workforce > They estimate that by 2010, a quarter of the IT workforce will be over 55 > years old. > The new features to make databases self-managing will only help with lower > value labor intensive tasks such as schema changes and performance tuning, > not with higher value skills such as design and troubleshooting. > > Dennis Williams > DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Stephane Faroult INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
