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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
I do both. Chances are in a smaller company or as an independent contractor, you'll need be able to do both, Well at least I do...but i would head down the web dev path. DBA stuff just read a book.
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That's true, and for the superficial stuff or easy stuff you can get away with reading for DBA type stuff, but there comes a point where an experienced DBA is really necessary.. but of course if you are at that point, the project you are involved with will probably have money to access one because projects that need DBAs usually do so because of volume.
Not always though, some projects start out with gigs or TB of data or a very complex database, and usually you'll have a good idea up front if you really need a DBA or not.