It's still a well-paying job, and still necessary anywhere there's a complicated database and a lot of money riding on it working as expected. But most older DB

It's still a well-paying job, and still necessary anywhere there's a complicated database and a lot of money riding on it working as expected. But most older DBAs haven't learned any new technology or even database technology from 10 years ago... many don't even know how migrations work. Being a DBA that actually understands software development would make you a keen asset at any shop depending on large-scale SQL databases (which is.... most large companies). Distributed databases would also be good to specialize in, but the market is smaller.