On Thursday 11 December 2003 04:28, you wrote:
> Am 10. Dec, 2003 schwätzte Vaughn Treude so:
> > SQL.   (Oracle still seems to be in pretty good demand, any comments?) 
> > I'm
>
> There are Oracle jobs. There are also jobs with whatever DB2 from IBM
> became as well as m$ SQL server.
>
> Based on what I've seen MySQL and PostgreSQL skills are expected to come
> from developers, so there aren't too many 'DBA' jobs for them.
>

That's somewhat encouraging to me, because I'm a developer with no admin 
credentials.  I have a small amount of SQL experience a few years back, but I 
will definitely brush up on it if there's a good market for that.  My theory 
is that database customization is something that small-to-medium businesses 
need, something they're unlikely to go offshore for.

> ciao,
>
> der.hans

Regarding the security angle that you mentioned in your last post, I think 
that we all could benefit from more of a security focus.  But it's definitely 
something that takes a commitment from management, otherwise it gets thrown 
out in the effort to make the deadline or to cut costs.  In today's climate, 
if employers demand developers with good security skills, people will get in 
line quickly.

Vaughn