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On 5/24/2013 10:49 AM, Merlin Moncure
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They/we are not THAT hard to come by.On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Bèrto ëd Sèra <berto.d.sera@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:The Greater London Authority is also ditching Oracle in favour of PG. I consulted them while they kick started their transition and the first new PG/PostGIS only project is already delivered. The number of companies ditching Oracle is probably much larger than it seems, giving the dynamics in salaries. The average PG based salary goes up steady, while working with Oracle is going down pretty quick. At least, so it would look from the UK. An Oracle DBA in average is currently offered some 15% less than a PG dba.Where I currently work we've been looking for a qualified production postgres DBA. They (we?) are hard to come by.This. The major barrier to postgres adoption is accessibility of talent. OTOH, postgres tends to attract the best and smartest developers and so the price premium is justified. This is not just bias speaking...I work on the hiring side and it's a frank analysis of the current state of affairs. Postgres is white hot. The database is competitive technically (better in some ways worse in others) vs the best of the commercial offerings but is evolving much more quickly. merlin It's the common lament that customers have in a nice whorehouse. The price is too high..... (You can easily pay me to quit doing what I'm doing now and do something else; the problem only rests in one place when it comes to enticing me to do so -- money. :-)) |
