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Originally Posted by John Rogers
I retired 10 years ago as a Senior Oracle Database Administrator. I was a Nuclear machinist in the US Navy for over 20 years, went to school on my VA bill, got a BSCS and a MSSE before it ran out. I was also able to get my first computer position to send me to Oracle school for 6 weeks to get me my Oracle cert. All during the 25 years in computers I was either programing SQL/PLSQL/JAVA/C++ and finally web based apps. This is a pretty good field for someone like me who is a real stickler for details AND you get a lot of $$$$$$$. When I retired in 2010 I was making $160K as a contractor but the down sides are two: #1 is NO mistakes and #2 is changes and upgrades are done on holidays or long weekends. Not a big deal as when I was in the Navy I always gave my guys holidays off and I would have the wife and 4 girls come on board for Thanksgiving dinner, ETC. My oldest daughter loved that and would always end up sitting at a table with some young guys!
We used to say the last guys out of the door if a company failed would be the SYSADMIN and the Oracle DBA. When the Avexus company failed......we were last out! Also first in
the door when another company bought the code for the software and took over the customer support.
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Thanks for your service John. I was a Nuclear Machinist Mate also just not as long as you.