hi.hii.... USD 250k ( = 2,25M ) / year hm..... seandainya ada di
indo.... dah bisa nyaingin gajinya dirut BUMN :)
yang pasti duit sebanyak itu untuk seukuran si burleson dan di amrik lagi...

kalau powerfulnya DBA sih tergantung dari senioritas dan trust dari
orang-orang di sekitar, apakah suaranya layak untuk dijadikan
referensi ataukah tidak :(

yang pasti hal-hal untuk konsider jadi dba:
- harus mengerti beragam OS dari admin biasa sampai tuning :(
  al. aix, hpux, solaris, tru64, linux , winblowz
- ngerti design, planning, tuning storage (networked storage)
- harus ngerti aplikasi dan designnya (mandatory untuk ke arah tuning
aplikasi - SQL cs)
- musti ngerti internal database ( dari admin daily sampai debug kernel oracle)
- musti siap2 dgn perhitungan processes, memory, cpu dan relasinya -
berguna ke arah sizing
- automasi dgn scripting language sampai debugging OS kernel :(
- ada yg mau nambahin???

sepertinya si burleson sudah "hatam/tamat" semuanya.... so worthed lah 250k :)

kalau kita mah cuman tukang ketik keyboard....
ada sesuatu untuk nutup kebutuhan sehari2 saja dah beruntung :)

regards
ujang


On Feb 9, 2008 7:48 PM, Leonard Sukendro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  haha... but still topik ini menarik bgt khan, guys?
>  :D. bner juga sech klo kdang kita mesti stby disaat
>  org laen libur krn emank cmn saat itu DB bisa mati
>  :(.. kdang gondok jg, tp mungkin bner pak indra, itu
>  krn saya jg bln punya 24x7 commitment itu haha
>
>  n kyaknya bner juga klo jadi dba perlu mentally
>  prepared. mental mesti kuat supaya gk panik n tetep
>  bisa mikir jernih pas ada masalah.. itu juga yg
>  kyaknya saya bln punya, so sumtime it becomes a quite
>  stressful job :(.
>
>  cmn yg saya bingung, apa iya dba se-powerful itu?
>  kyaknya koq dtmpt saya bkn sesuatu yg istimewa ya?
>  gajinya juga standard2 aja koq hahaha
>
>  salute buat yg ngepost artikel ini hehe..
>
>  regards,
>  [L]
>
>
>
>  --- Yoel Susanto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  > hehe...aku rasa yang dimaksud 24x7 disini maksudnya
>  > commitment untuk standby
>  > nya.
>  > bukan 24x7 gak tidur...bisa gila kali :)
>  >
>  > On 07/02/2008, indra syafruddin
>  > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  > >
>  > > blom pernah ngalamin 24X7, paling lama cuma 24X2
>  > (2 hari berturut2 gak
>  > > tidur)
>  > > pantesan gajinya gak sampe $250 rb setahun.
>  > >
>  > > jadi OOT deh, hehe....
>  > >
>  > > a good DBA who automates many of their job
>  > > functions may find themselves looking for a new
>  > job.
>  > >
>  > > still, gw lebih milih automate jobs. Gak
>  > berkembang dong orangnya kalo
>  > > kerjaannya itu2 aja tiap hari
>  > >
>  > > On Feb 7, 2008 11:06 AM, Ujang Jaenudin
>  >
>  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<ujang.jaenudin%40gmail.com>>
>  > > wrote:
>  > >
>  > > > (:-
>  > > >
>  > > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>  > > > From: Donald K. Burleson
>  >
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<oracle_tips%40topica.email-publisher.com>
>  > > <oracle_tips%40topica.email-publisher.com>
>  > > > >
>  > > > Date: Feb 7, 2008 4:30 AM
>  > > > Subject: I want to be an Oracle DBA when I grow
>  > up!
>  > > >
>  > > > I want to be an Oracle DBA when I grow up!
>  > > >
>  > > > Every year, young computer professionals leave
>  > the hallowed halls and
>  > > > ivory towers of college and survey the landscape
>  > for computer jobs.
>  > > > They look at the salary surveys and drool at the
>  > prospect of earning
>  > > > up to $250k per year as a DBA. Many of them
>  > don't know what a DBA
>  > > > does, but they sure like the money. Also see
>  > these related articles:
>  > > >
>  > > > How to become an Oracle Guru
>  > > > How to become an Oracle Applications DBA.
>  > > > Becoming an IT consultant
>  > > >
>  > > > Since I've been a DBA for 25 years I'm often
>  > asked "How do I become a
>  > > > DBA?", many from neophytes who are enticed with
>  > the glamour and power
>  > > > of the DBA role.
>  > > >
>  > > > While being a DBA is exciting and lucrative,
>  > it's a career choice that
>  > > > requires years of preparation. The most
>  > important thing to remember
>  > > > is that the job of a DBA requires a 24x7
>  > commitment. Being an Oracle
>  > > > DBA can be a very stressful, thankless job, and
>  > many DBA jobs require
>  > > > the DBA to be on-call on Thanksgiving and
>  > Christmas to perform
>  > > > downtime maintenance. Plus, the DBA is expected
>  > to constantly keep-up
>  > > > with the rapidly-changing technology, working
>  > nights and weekends on a
>  > > > regular basis.
>  > > >
>  > > > It's not uncommon for a DBA to earn as much as a
>  > mid-level manager,
>  > > > and the high pay is a double-edged sword. The
>  > DBA must constantly
>  > > > justify their salary, and a good DBA who
>  > automates many of their job
>  > > > functions may find themselves looking for a new
>  > job.

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