Guess I'm becoming pretty valuable! I got a random call today at work. It was from one of my instructors on campus. He said that he was sitting with a Business Analyst from The LDS Church and they were looking for an intern to work with Database Admins (DBA). The instructor was saying that he quickly thought of me as one that would fill the role well and I could start next week.
Well that's quite a shock! I love having options!
I talked with the business analyst for a few minutes. I told him that I just finished up my internship with at the Church. He knew of my boss. But being that I'd have to drop all of my classes for the semester and then move back to Salt Lake area it isn't the best option. Besides, I'm sure that if suggested to Melissa that we live for 4 months apart again that I'd always have to watch my back. She would probably attack me. I'd have to sleep in another room. I'd never see her coming if I was asleep. She admitted to hitting me in the face often while I sleep... she blames it on me though: "We have a king bed, you don't need to be sleeping so close to me!"
Anyways, I turned it down. But I did some quick researching to find out what DBA's make as a starting salary. I found out a typical range would be to take your age and multiply by 2 or 3 (2 if you have no degree and less than 10 years experience).
I'd have a degree... but not quite the experience. My teacher for database 1 said that after 1 semester of that class, we have the experience of someone doing it full-time for 3 years... So maybe I'd fall in the 2.5 multiplier range. So $65,000 isn't bad for a starting salary at Oracle. But for right now, my skills are seriously lacking for DBA stuff. But it's fun & challenging.
Well that's quite a shock! I love having options!
I talked with the business analyst for a few minutes. I told him that I just finished up my internship with at the Church. He knew of my boss. But being that I'd have to drop all of my classes for the semester and then move back to Salt Lake area it isn't the best option. Besides, I'm sure that if suggested to Melissa that we live for 4 months apart again that I'd always have to watch my back. She would probably attack me. I'd have to sleep in another room. I'd never see her coming if I was asleep. She admitted to hitting me in the face often while I sleep... she blames it on me though: "We have a king bed, you don't need to be sleeping so close to me!"
Anyways, I turned it down. But I did some quick researching to find out what DBA's make as a starting salary. I found out a typical range would be to take your age and multiply by 2 or 3 (2 if you have no degree and less than 10 years experience).
I'd have a degree... but not quite the experience. My teacher for database 1 said that after 1 semester of that class, we have the experience of someone doing it full-time for 3 years... So maybe I'd fall in the 2.5 multiplier range. So $65,000 isn't bad for a starting salary at Oracle. But for right now, my skills are seriously lacking for DBA stuff. But it's fun & challenging.
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