Administration

Fsck your ``satori" bullshit. I don't care how young you were when you coded that ANSI C compiler in C. I just want to be a Database Administrator and make a living, being smart without requiring genius-level mental capabilities, and trying to have the least amount of stress as possible. Is that so wrong?

What is the best way a college freshman might go about accomplishing this? Should I even worry about anything dealing with job opportunities now, or should I just wait until I'm in my Junior year and have completed the core curriculum of calc, physics, C programming, and the like?

>>26

Obviously you need to know your stuff. But isn't that true for any occupation? I'm learning a lot now and studying, and will continue to study even after college, so that I will know my shit. Thus, when the ``shit hits the fan" (no pun intended ;), I'll be able to fix it because that's my job that i've been preparing for.

Even still, the rest of the time should be much easier than some other jobs, no? Plus, it isn't as if databases go down every day, especially if you get to design them and do a good job of it. That's what I meant

>>27

As a DBA, what do you think getting my degree in CS would get me in that regard, then? (anything other than just 'knowing my shit'? Is the quality of DBA's these days really that low?)