Lempster (1/21/2010)
...the majority of companies I've worked for tend to see DBAs as more of a necessary evil rather than essential members of an IT team.......maybe that's just a reflection on my poor choices of employer though!Lempster
I'd suggest that it's more that you're a good DBA (not that I've seen you work) - a good DBA should seem like an insurance policy to an "outsider", their work only becoming obvious when things go wrong with this miraculous speedy data thingy.
So the fact that you're a "necessary evil" suggests that they're not getting to see your Fix-It skills very often (a good thing).