March 31, 2011 at 10:40 am
Out of Curiosity, isnt 90K US or 80K Euro the normal salary for a Sr. DBA?
-Roy
March 31, 2011 at 10:43 am
Roy Ernest (3/31/2011)
Out of Curiosity, isnt 90K US or 80K Euro the normal salary for a Sr. DBA?
Depends on your region. Some places in the states are not nearly that much yet, but others are well above that amount.
That range 90- ~110k is a pretty good salary range.
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March 31, 2011 at 10:47 am
CirquedeSQLeil (3/31/2011)
...Why bother if he is making 3x the money. She wouldn't need to work anymore.
But with all the spare time she would have, 3x the money probably won't be enough.
Even worse if she would get interested in the (possible) field the position seems to be related to.
You would need to be a "dark-side DBA" to "adjust" the winning numbers...
Wait a minute, what is the title of that position again? ;-):-D
Edit: more seriously:
Moving to a different continent because of a job without appropriate alternatives for the rest of the family is not really a step I would recommend.
March 31, 2011 at 10:48 am
Roy Ernest (3/31/2011)
Out of Curiosity, isnt 90K US or 80K Euro the normal salary for a Sr. DBA?
In Italy there's no such thing as Sr. DBA.
The few places that have a database administrator take it as "DBA = Oracle DBA". SQL Server doesn't need a DBA.
80K Euro is a CIO level salary for Italy.
-- Gianluca Sartori
March 31, 2011 at 10:50 am
LutzM (3/31/2011)
But with all the spare time she would have, 3x the money probably won't be enough.
I see that problems are the same all around the world.... 😀
-- Gianluca Sartori
March 31, 2011 at 10:56 am
Gianluca Sartori (3/31/2011)
LutzM (3/31/2011)
But with all the spare time she would have, 3x the money probably won't be enough.I see that problems are the same all around the world.... 😀
We're not too far away from each other, actually. I think we can't compete with the distance where Jeff and Jason are located or Steve and Jack, respectively.
March 31, 2011 at 11:01 am
Gianluca Sartori (3/31/2011)
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Gianluca Sartori (3/31/2011)
Wow, Roy! It takes me three years to earn that money!I would go, if I wasn't certain that my wife would kill me.
What does your wife do? Maybe she can get a job in the area and you can both go!
She's a chemist. I'm afraid she would poison me with some medicine... 🙂
She has no interest in relocating to beautiful Ireland? Too bad.
Out of curiosity, what kind of chemistry?
Pharmacy. She works in a chemist shop.
Ah, the British kind of chemist! Got it, sorry about that.
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March 31, 2011 at 11:03 am
CirquedeSQLeil (3/31/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (3/31/2011)
Gianluca Sartori (3/31/2011)
Wow, Roy! It takes me three years to earn that money!I would go, if I wasn't certain that my wife would kill me.
What does your wife do? Maybe she can get a job in the area and you can both go!
Why bother if he is making 3x the money. She wouldn't need to work anymore.
I've known a number of marriages to end over one partner not working any more. And others where one partner didn't work for a long time, then there's a divorce and the person that didn't work has no experience to get a new job.
Plus, some people like working or at least don't want to be supported by their partner. If they could both retire, that'd be one thing.
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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams
March 31, 2011 at 11:10 am
Stefan Krzywicki (3/31/2011)
If they could both retire, that'd be one thing.
I think I will have to wait 40 years more for that, at best. They keep raising the retirement minimum age every year.
Well, it will be nice to work on SQL Server 2051. 😀
-- Gianluca Sartori
March 31, 2011 at 11:14 am
Gianluca Sartori (3/31/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (3/31/2011)
If they could both retire, that'd be one thing.I think I will have to wait 40 years more for that, at best. They keep raising the retirement minimum age every year.
Well, it will be nice to work on SQL Server 2051. 😀
Ha - why stop there. I plan on working on SQL Server 2210 (you know when the file system be run by the DBMS).
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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March 31, 2011 at 11:20 am
Gianluca Sartori (3/31/2011)
Roy Ernest (3/31/2011)
Out of Curiosity, isnt 90K US or 80K Euro the normal salary for a Sr. DBA?In Italy there's no such thing as Sr. DBA.
The few places that have a database administrator take it as "DBA = Oracle DBA". SQL Server doesn't need a DBA.
80K Euro is a CIO level salary for Italy.
I'm still trying to work the conversion here. According to XRates (which may or may not have today's trading values on it), that works out to 113k+ in US dollars. That's pretty darned decent. More than I'm making, anyway. But the question is, what is cost of living in Ireland?
March 31, 2011 at 11:27 am
From what I heard, it is the taxes that will kill you. High taxes in both England and Ireland if I am not mistaken.
-Roy
March 31, 2011 at 11:32 am
Roy Ernest (3/31/2011)
From what I heard, it is the taxes that will kill you. High taxes in both England and Ireland if I am not mistaken.
Which I'm sure will only skyrocket given the recent bailout.
March 31, 2011 at 11:55 am
Kiara (3/31/2011)
Hm - I'd love to know which brand it was, since the stuff I've used (albeit on fairly small areas) seemed to work fine. If you can spare the time to dig the info up, that would be useful.
I asked and they said it was Rustoleum. It was facilities that applied it so they were not professional painters, but they weren't IT folk either :-D. Since trying the paint they've moved on to either using bathboard and framing around it or painting the wall white and attaching a sheet of glass in front of it (nice effect, especially when it's spaced a small distance from the wall).
Chad
March 31, 2011 at 11:56 am
Gail has been making noise about moving northwards (and Ireland definitely qualifies as northward).
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