thanks... answers only part of what I wanted to know, which means I
probably formulated the question incorrectly! :) I wanted to know how
they knew the numbers of people in each category as well. If it's from
tax returns...
the problem is, job descriptions/categorizations in IT are subjective,
The U.S. government now tracks DBA jobs as an employment category. There are
75,610 people who call themselves DBAs and 6.46% are unemployed.
Unfortunately they just started so we can't see what it was during the
dot-com bust.
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=17100148
I'm 1 of those 6.46%.
Ken Janusz, CPIM
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The U.S. government now tracks DBA jobs as an employment category. There
are
75,610 people who call themselves DBAs and
1) where are they getting the job classifications from?
2) how accurately are the job classifications reported? (i.e., what is
a computer scientist as opposed to a programmer as opposed to a
software engineer?)
3) what about the varied flavors of computer consultant?
--- DENNIS WILLIAMS [EMAIL
Rachel Carmichael scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon:
1) where are they getting the job classifications from?
2) how accurately are the job classifications reported? (i.e., what is
a computer scientist as opposed to a programmer as opposed to a
software engineer?)
3) what about the
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Date: 2003/12/29 Mon AM 09:09:25 EST
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: DBA Unemployment
The U.S. government now tracks DBA jobs as an employment category. There are
75,610 people who call themselves DBAs and 6.46% are unemployed.
Unfortunately they just
