• Does the company offer regular training for its DBAs to learn new DBMS features and functionality? What about training for related technologies such as programming, networking, e-business, transaction management, message queueing, and the like?
• Does the company allow DBAs to regularly attend local user groups? What about annual user groups at remote locations?
• Are there backup DBAs, or will you be the only one on call 24/7?
• Are there data administration and system administration organizations, or are the DBAs expected to perform all of these duties, too?
• Does the DBA group view its relationship with application development groups as a partnership? Or is the relationship more antagonistic?
• Are DBAs included in design reviews, budgeting discussions, and other high-level IT committees and functions?
The more "Yes" answers you get to these questions, the more progressive the DBA environment is.
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