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I've been working on predictive modeling and business rules for a few years. Every year, our workload grows by an order of magnitude.

I helped developed a system that allows our business partners to use a UI to define business rules and generate an application. Changes can be made to systems in hours/days that used to take months/years. It is great for highly volatile rules that need to change frequently.

I'm looking into becoming a DBA.

I think that off-shoring as a trend will fade, for two reasons:

1) The cost of doing business with India is going up. Wage inflation is up and the dollar is down.

2) For many businesses, it is their processes that give them a competitive advantage. Outsourcing the implementation of these processes leaves you vulnerable to having those processes copied as well as having them implemented incorrectly.