Re: [GENERAL] Trajectory of a [Pg] DBA

2012-10-05 Thread Shaun Thomas
On 10/04/2012 03:44 PM, Thalis Kalfigkopoulos wrote: Is it more common to start as a developer and change focus to DBA? In particular how does one go about starting as a Pg DBA? Is the most common case by migrating from another DBMS? You've already gotten a bunch of good responses from this th

Re: [GENERAL] Trajectory of a [Pg] DBA

2012-10-05 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 05:44:54PM -0300, Thalis Kalfigkopoulos wrote: > I see that most of the DBA job posts ask for Sr or Ssr which is > understandable given that databases are among a company’s most > valuable assets, but it is also an obvious catch-22. So I'd like to > ask the list's part- and

Re: [GENERAL] Trajectory of a [Pg] DBA

2012-10-04 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 6:44 AM, Thalis Kalfigkopoulos wrote: > Is it an easier and more common entry point to be a part-time DBA e.g. > perform DBA duties as part of being a U**X sysadmin? > > Is it more common to start as a developer and change focus to DBA? > > In particular how does one go abou

Re: [GENERAL] Trajectory of a [Pg] DBA

2012-10-04 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Thalis Kalfigkopoulos wrote: > Hi all. > > I'd like to tap into the list's experience regarding the job of a DBA > in general and Pg DBA in particular. > > I see that most of the DBA job posts ask for Sr or Ssr which is > understandable given that databases are amon

Re: [GENERAL] Trajectory of a [Pg] DBA

2012-10-04 Thread Ben Chobot
On Oct 4, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Thalis Kalfigkopoulos wrote: > Hi all. > > I'd like to tap into the list's experience regarding the job of a DBA > in general and Pg DBA in particular. > > I see that most of the DBA job posts ask for Sr or Ssr which is > understandable given that databases are among

[GENERAL] Trajectory of a [Pg] DBA

2012-10-04 Thread Thalis Kalfigkopoulos
Hi all. I'd like to tap into the list's experience regarding the job of a DBA in general and Pg DBA in particular. I see that most of the DBA job posts ask for Sr or Ssr which is understandable given that databases are among a company’s most valuable assets, but it is also an obvious catch-22. So