Comments on Jonathan Levin's Axioms: Where have all the MySQL DBAs gone?

I agree. I am currently recruiting for a MySQL DB...

2010-09-06T15:15:44.337+01:00

I agree. I am currently recruiting for a MySQL DBA in Leicester/Midlands-UK and am finding it very hard!

If you know anyone you can contact me at rob@enhanceuk.com

"Unless you work for a huge company like face...

2010-07-10T23:38:49.769+01:00

"Unless you work for a huge company like facebook or a consultancy like pythian, you will not find enough work as a MySQL DBA to avoid you from being bored."

This is not true. There is always more to learn, more you can monitor and optimize and tune. If you are bored it's not from a lack of opportunity.

Is it really just MySQL DBAs though? I'm gett...

2010-07-04T19:21:59.574+01:00

Is it really just MySQL DBAs though? I'm getting people reaching out to me for other types of positions, and I have few people in my network A) qualified for the work and B) interested in jumping ship or working fulltime for someone else.

It doesn't seem limited to just MySQL DBAs right now, but there seems to be a shortage of a lot of web/tech people in general.

That said, there's a few places around here that have contacted me, I'd have been a good fit, but they did not want to pay my rate... So I can only conclude that the "gotta get this done project" isn't really that high of a priority if it can languish for 6 months while they try to find someone at 60% of what I was asking for, then another 3-6 months for them to get up to speed on the particular tech.

I am a MySQL DBA with 4 years of experience. I als...

2010-07-04T18:48:26.720+01:00

I am a MySQL DBA with 4 years of experience. I also worked as sysadmin for 2 years, but outside UK

I'm a MySQL DBA with 3 years of experience and...

2010-07-04T14:24:32.325+01:00

I'm a MySQL DBA with 3 years of experience and I think it's time to change for me. You hit the point, even in a company with 200+ database servers you being bored. Sadly not all companies are smart enought to give other responsibilities to dbas.

Unfortunately most companies don't want to hav...

2010-07-04T11:08:17.315+01:00

Unfortunately most companies don't want to have DBAs, they think that a mediocre developer would be enough, and there is the sysadmin, who can install database and restart it, so everything is OK.

My background is quite different, first I was a sysadmin and programmer the same time. Later I was MySQL DBA, then PostgreSQL DBA. Now I'm back a programmer as in my city no one is interested in having a DBA.
That usually end up with a very poor database design and efficiency.

Hi Rotem Certifications do help, but you will alw...

2010-07-04T10:50:51.314+01:00

Hi Rotem

Certifications do help, but you will always be asked:
The size of the database you work with
The table with the highest number of rows
How many servers have you managed
Do you know MySQL cluster
And sometimes, but not always.. do you know stored procedures, functions and triggers.

If you havent worked on something similar, they are not so likely to give you a chance to work with their environment

please tell your friend that i am a mysql dba but ...

2010-07-04T10:29:36.790+01:00

please tell your friend that i am a mysql dba but outside UK :) . . .

Interesting acticle! What difference would having...

2010-07-04T05:52:52.685+01:00

Interesting acticle!

What difference would having the Sun Certified MySQL Database Administrator (SCMDBA) or other certification do?

Rotem