An organization can spend millions on infrastructure, fancy BI tools, and contractors, but it will collapse like a house of cards unless they have a team of solid DBAs and SQL coders. More IT projects and bigger databases simply means there will be more opportunity; we just have to be willing to adapt to the new technology environment. From what I've seen, SQL Server itself is evolving and will continue to be a major player 10 years from now. Of course, if you're the guy who won't upgrade to the newest version until support run out and Microsoft forces you to, then the train will leave the station without you.