Administration

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.

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I'm mostly in it for the paper, and if I decide to get Masters I can focus even more on it. You need a BS for a lot of decent jobs in CompSci, so better to just get it and be done with it.

As for ``really good programmers", is there any kind of a scale or something that I can rate myself against to see how ``good" i actually am, and to see how good I really need to be (and thus what I might have to learn that I don't know yet)? I already have the innate talent and love for the stuff, its more a matter of "accomplishments" so I can focus on what I should improve upon, and what I might not need for Db Administration. I'm hoping education in college can put me ahead of the competition and start me off with a better salary from the get-go, though.