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Hi, /prog/. Long time lurker, first time poster.

Basically, I'm starting college soon for computer science, and I wanted to know what you thought about it? What I mean is, I've programmed for awhile now and have built databases in the past, and I think I would like to do Database Administration for a job after graduation. Is this alright, or am I naive of the field? Also, do you think I should be worried at all about all that offshoring stuff I hear so much about? Or is there still enough work available out there that as long as I'm actually competent and can do that work, I won't really need to worry?

Thanks for the advice.

I can't speak for all schools, but...

A degree in comp sci will cover A LOT more than database stuff. By the time I've graduated, I'll only have taken two database courses. All the rest deal with software design/engineering and getting down & dirty with software development.

With that said, going into DB is still definitely a great choice with a comp sci degree. I've worked with databases at an internship for the past two years and I can definitely say that almost everything I've learned in school can be directly applied to what I do at work.

As far as outsourcing, I'll quote Joel, ``There's still an incredible shortage of the really good programmers, here and in India...really good programmers do have jobs."