bradmcgehee@hotmail.com (12/12/2011)
My editorial got edited after I wrote it, and one important part of the message I was trying to get across apparently got deleted. In the original draft of my editorial, I was making the assumption that over a long period of time, 50, 100, 500 years, that the role of DBA administrator would probably go away as software could very possibly take over such tasks. So my question "Will the DBA role evolve naturally from being a "caretaker of data", to "interpreter of data", for the good of society?" is not asking about now, or the next few years, but about the future. The goal of the editorial was to be "whimsical" and "thought-provoking", but that part of the editorial got edited out.
[IMHO] ....
That really opens it up a bit. With the exponential advancements in technology, who's even to say how data is stored in 100 years, will databases even be the storage medium or will we have something "Star Trek'ish" like crystals or the like.
I would think they'll always be a DBA or something of the sort for maintaining the storage of data, an Analyst to carry out that part and various levels in between. Since most every business is driven by greed and the almighty dollar (Euro), the more a single person can do effectively with less money the better. Rather, that's the mentality I see coming from the "top" down. Isn't that how we got the "Accidental DBA" role in the first place.
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