I am a developer and have never been a DBS. That I have known more about RDBMS than some DBAs does not say much about me (I am NOT claiming to be that good) but has more to say about some DBAs. As far as SQL Server is concerned, I have preferred the times when I have been writing an application and the DBA has stated that stored procedures written by programmers will be treated as a specification i.e. they will rewrite as they feel necessary. Sometimes that has been an ego boost when a stored procedure has needed no changes following review whilst other times I have been totally schooled.

I don't mind learning and have a reasonable understanding of my limitations so I couldn't go wrong.

So how does this fit in with the editorial? I am happy for others to specialise in what I may sometimes have done (or do) as a peripheral task of my role. There is more than enough to know without worrying about someone doing some of what used to be part of my ever expanding role.