Two weeks vacation?! Guys, I really don't know how you survive there in the US with only two weeks of holidays a year... David On 27 October 2010 16:44, Goulet, Richard <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Well, I'll tell you what I found during my interview, name of the > institution intentionally left out. > > 1- Nice small institution (somewhere between 10K and 20K students). > 2- Nice location, straight up NH route 113 from my home (that can be > really enjoyable in the fall and spring, bit of a problem in the winter but > that's what a 4X4 is for) > 3- Salary along the lines for NH ( about 1/3 rd of my current at the > time) > 4- Benefits similar to industry (health and dental, 2 weeks vacation to > start, long term disability, 401K match similar to industry, no pension, > etc.....) > 5- reduced tuition for self and direct family members (something like > 25%) > 6- Single DBA for the entire institution, required to handle Oracle, > DB2, and Sql*Server (Production, development, testing, and student play > areas) > 7- Did your own OS maintenance as well, mostly Windoze. > 8- 24x7 support with pager and VPN > 9- Expected to assist staff and students with DB problems, questions, > etc..... > > Now you tell me if I made the right choice or not. > > > Dick Goulet > Senior Oracle DBA > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Dubovecky, Jeff [mailto:jpd40@xxxxxxxx] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 27, 2010 11:25 AM > > > *To:* dackoc@xxxxxxxxx; jpiwowar@xxxxxxxxx > *Cc:* cboyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Goulet, Richard; kp0773@xxxxxxxxx; > Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* RE: DBA pay in university > > Just to follow-up on this thread, I’m also a public university employee > and I agree with Carol on most of her points. Benefits such as Tuition > reimbursement for self/children and retirement plan/match were big factors > in my decision to work at a University even at a lesser salary. For the > staff I manage, we are more like a business as well as we’re responsible not > only for production dba support, but also development and BI/Data Warehouse > initiatives. > > > > In terms of technology, this is where I was pleasantly surprised. We > utilize many different technologies within the Oracle stack (RAC, Data > Guard, OEM, PeopleSoft) as well as other IT initiatives (VMWare, etc.). > While maybe not considered cutting edge anymore, this was a lot more than I > expected coming in. > > > > > > >