Oracle Express

[Database Administrator]

The problem with numbers like those you cited is they can not distinguish
between
a) Lots of jobs because lots of customers
b) Lots of jobs because the database requires lots of hand-holding
c) Some combination of (a) and (b)
As Disraeli said, "There are ... lies, damned lies, and statistics."

It is not unusual for a single DBA to manage several hundred IDS instances.
My understanding is that it is also not unusual for a single Oracle instance
to require more than a one DBA. Thus 253 IDS openings might mean 25,000
instances, whereas 15,114 Oracle openings might mean 10,000 instances.

IDS is healthy in the marketplace and delivering great value to its numerous
and growing customer base.

--
Kevin Cherkauer
Software Engineer
IBM Informix Dynamic Server -- Database Kernel


"DA Morgan" wrote:
> Neither have these (dice.com as of 11/14/2008):
> Oracle 15,114 jobs
> SQL Server 11,406
> DB2 2,139
> MySQL 1,999
> Sybase 1,203
> COBOL 836
> Teradata 458
> Pick 306
> Informix 253
> RPG 249
> PostgreSQL 209

[Database Administrator]

Kevin Cherkauer wrote:
> The problem with numbers like those you cited is they can not distinguish
> between
> a) Lots of jobs because lots of customers
> b) Lots of jobs because the database requires lots of hand-holding
> c) Some combination of (a) and (b)
> As Disraeli said, "There are ... lies, damned lies, and statistics."
>
> It is not unusual for a single DBA to manage several hundred IDS instances.
> My understanding is that it is also not unusual for a single Oracle instance
> to require more than a one DBA. Thus 253 IDS openings might mean 25,000
> instances, whereas 15,114 Oracle openings might mean 10,000 instances.
>
> IDS is healthy in the marketplace and delivering great value to its numerous
> and growing customer base.

There is little problem distinguishing between them ... one reads
the job descriptions if one is interested.

The numbers are really rather clear. If you are a stockholder what
you care about is revenue generated. If you are in sales or marketing
you care about quotas. If you are a developer or DBA you care about
jobs and job security: Which are you?

And why is this important? Because lets assume you created the
perfect database and ran it on a perfect operating system on the
perfect hardware. One hardware sale, one O/S license, one DB
license. And everyone is unemployed. That ranks right up there
with other Utopian concepts that have zero value.

If you think a couple of hundred IDS openings is an indication of
a vibrant marketplace with new licenses and new projects you are a
member of a very exclusive club.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)

[Database Administrator]

Obnoxio The Clown wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:
>> Neither have these (dice.com as of 11/14/2008):
>
> Danny boy, have you seen this website? It's got thousands of Informix jobs!
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8xb

Jobs that you, and you alone, are uniquely qualified to fill.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)