January 22, 2018 at 2:44 am
Hello all,
Long term lurker here.
I'm a DBA in Sydney, Australia. I've been in a variety of positions within the Database sphere, so I'm a bit of a jack of all trades, going from Database development, to BI consultant, finally to the position I am in now.
I have a medium to long term goal to transition out of the corporate office environment and instead work remotely, and I am wondering if any fellow DBAs in a similar situation could offer any insights or advice on bringing these goals to fruition.
January 23, 2018 at 11:56 am
In the USA it depends on the organization you work for. My last job we kind of sneaked into it as tech improved to where we can do stuff at home.
January 23, 2018 at 2:01 pm
I'm in Chicago, IL and can only speak about what I've seen in America. From what I'e seen, more and more companies are allowing remote work. Our DBA works from her home. I even have a couple recruiters who regularly call me about remote part and full time roles. There are places (e.g. most of Kentucky) where they can't find any good DBAs and are forced to find remote work. I even know some companies several hours away from major cities that do their IT in Chicago, LA, NY because there's a larger talent pool to draw from.
Now that I think of it, pretty much every non-contract job I've had in the last 10 years offered remote work. I'm working from home today 😉
-- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001
January 23, 2018 at 4:46 pm
Alan.B - Tuesday, January 23, 2018 2:01 PMI'm in Chicago, IL and can only speak about what I've seen in America. From what I'e seen, more and more companies are allowing remote work. Our DBA works from her home. I even have a couple recruiters who regularly call me about remote part and full time roles. There are places (e.g. most of Kentucky) where they can't find any good DBAs and are forced to find remote work. I even know some companies several hours away from major cities that do their IT in Chicago, LA, NY because there's a larger talent pool to draw from.Now that I think of it, pretty much every non-contract job I've had in the last 10 years offered remote work. I'm working from home today 😉
When I have looked most positions I find say no telecommute (remote work) available. I think they are limiting themselves in finding qualified candidates.
January 24, 2018 at 8:37 am
Lynn Pettis - Tuesday, January 23, 2018 4:46 PMAlan.B - Tuesday, January 23, 2018 2:01 PMI'm in Chicago, IL and can only speak about what I've seen in America. From what I'e seen, more and more companies are allowing remote work. Our DBA works from her home. I even have a couple recruiters who regularly call me about remote part and full time roles. There are places (e.g. most of Kentucky) where they can't find any good DBAs and are forced to find remote work. I even know some companies several hours away from major cities that do their IT in Chicago, LA, NY because there's a larger talent pool to draw from.Now that I think of it, pretty much every non-contract job I've had in the last 10 years offered remote work. I'm working from home today 😉
When I have looked most positions I find say no telecommute (remote work) available. I think they are limiting themselves in finding qualified candidates.
I noticed that too. I have not seen telecommuting advertised on the job sites but know from experience that it is common. A couple years ago I even did some consulting work for Level3 out by you. 😉
-- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001
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