geodrone (11/29/2015)
I am a development dba, at the place is work i help out developers resolve performance issue, copy/setup/restore databases for dev/test team, administer development and test db servers. Most of the usual DBA stuff I have automated and probably because of this management has started to push me more towards C# developer career path. I do not object, it is interesting piece of work but as I still have to perform dba duties my work comfort has drastically decreased due to increased amount of context switches between my tasks. Task context switches are not good as I have observed my fatigue growing and quality of my work decreased ;/How does it look on your end if you are a development dba ?
Are you left alone in DBA role ?
Hello and welcome to the forums.
I am most certainly not left alone in my DBA role. I also do development. I'm the sole developer of one reporting site, but also help developers with their own projects as needed.
Quite honestly, a part of me really likes it this way. Yes, there are times when I have competing priorities, but it also helps to even out the workload. Context switches are certainly not good for productivity, but as you become more comfortable, the hit they come with starts to lessen. I try to avoid them by devoting myself to one role or another for a period of time. It may not always work out the way I want, but I don't have many boring days.