Re: Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people
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Msg-id 1175027612.29604.17.camel@state.g2switchworks.com
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In response to Re: Is there a shortage of postgresql skilled ops people  (Tony Caduto <tony_caduto@amsoftwaredesign.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 15:09, Tony Caduto wrote:
> >> The sad reality from what I have observed is that unless more people gain
> >> those skills and want to work in ops, it's becoming very hard for me to
> >> justify recommending postgresql for enterprise (or larger) scale projects.
> >>
> >> What do others  do and/or experience?
> >>
> >
> >
> I think there are people around, but maybe they don't want to move etc.
>
> If a PostgreSQL job where ever to show up in Milwaukee, I would apply
> for it in a heartbeat.
>
>
> Another thing is this, how hard could it possibly be for a MS SQL DBA or
> Oracle DBA to pick up using PostgreSQL?
> I don't think it would take a decent admin of any database to come up to
> speed in a very short time as long as they were interested in doing so.

I've certainly converted a few MySQL and MSSQL dbas in the past.

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