Jan 1, 2017
The MySQL database administration(DBA) and developing is a very attractive field to be in. If you ever thought about taking your career into that field then here is a guide that might help you get started. The first thing you should know from an industry point-of-view, there are very very few MySQL DBAs around. The companies that are looking for them range from start-ups that have matured and done well for themselves to large enterprises that have figured that MySQL is by now, safe to use.
Unfortunately, there are a few issues with finding work in MySQL and I will address them in this post.
Well, as mentioned, this is quite a niche. Salaries can reflect that. Here in India, you can currently get between 400,000k to 500,000 INR depending on your experience. all with the usual agencies. Not that familiar with American salaries, but seen that $95,000 to $120,000 per year.
A lot of companies that advertise for a full-time MySQL DBA (for the first time) from my experience do not have a good idea what they are looking for.
The people in the company, be it developers or system administrator, complain to management that they need a professional to come in help solve some difficult problems. Those people have been trying to solve those problems on their own, but are unsure if they are doing it right or that the results are not what they had hoped for.
Management approaches either their HR department or an agency to help them find the right person. What have been seen is that those agencies or HR people get some standard for a DBA from a different technology such as Oracle or MS SQL.
For example, if you see on a job advertisement “Must know how to write procedures, functions and triggers” then it maybe the case that the role was converted from MS SQL. Why? Because it is rare that companies that use MySQL use stored procedures, functions or triggers and tend to prefer to keep the logic inside their application.
Although currently working for a company that does in fact use quite a few store procedures. You have to use your own discretion and see for yourself.
This would be suggestion:
Like many things in open-source, you need to get your hands dirty and dive right in. You need to be curious about it and it needs to excite you. Do not be afraid to try new things and mitigate risks by setting up your own testing environment to practice on. And when you get to a stage when you think you know a lot, buy a few books on the subject and you will discover how much more you can learn about it.
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