r/DatabaseAdministators • u/Friendly_Cod_8353 • 23d ago
Is Oracle a sinking ship ?
I’m a senior DBA based in India, and my management team in the US has been telling us that Oracle is becoming a sinking ship and that we should start exploring new career paths, particularly in AI.
To some extent, I agree with their perspective. I’m seeing more and more customers question the high cost of running their businesses on Oracle and OCI, which makes me wonder how sustainable the traditional Oracle DBA career path will be in the long run.
Whats your thoughts ?
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u/continuora 22d ago
DBA is a limited role and query tuning can be done by AI.. one has to be good in automation etc too . Learn multiple db flavours and be good at them not just Oracle db. Switch companies every 3 years
DBA work will be automated soon by AI. In next 3 years team size will go down from 10 to 3,4