I am a database administrator. I somewhat agree with the conclusion which essentially says having your on premise DBA is on the decline. Hiring DBAs has alway

I am a database administrator. I somewhat agree with the conclusion which essentially says having your on premise DBA is on the decline. Hiring DBAs has always been tricky for employers anyway. It's a position of responsibility (to protect the business' data) that is hard to know you've hired the right person for, difficult to replace, and difficult to allow to take any vacation/leave since there will seldom be more than one. What I don't agree with in the conclusion is that by moving off premise it's all moving to datastore-as-a-service. Large amounts will also move to remote DBA as a service (consulting firms).