DBAs tend to be a little less to jump on the bleeding edge. Development is (sometimes) about trends, being closer to the marketing, where DBA are the keepers of

DBAs tend to be a little less to jump on the bleeding edge. Development is (sometimes) about trends, being closer to the marketing, where DBA are the keepers of the gold. That said, being a DBA is not always a stable life. Depending on the organization (or the lack of it) there can be late night firedrills, off hours maintenance / migrations, calls to fix data wounded by bleeding edges. A good DBA can mitigate these problems, given adequate support by management - IOW given the authority to do so.