Re:Introducing Cloud Spanner, a Global Database Service
by dragonwriter on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @12:54AM
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> As someone who works (in part) in the MS SQL field, is it irrational to be a bit worried about the effects some of these platform advances might have one one's career?
There's a reason why regulated (including self-regulated) professions have continuing education requirements; progress happens and you become obsolete if you don't keep up with it.
Just because tech isn't regulated doesn't mean it's any more sensible to expect to remain valuable without keeping up with progress in the field.
That being said, MSSQL experts will likely have good-paying opportunities for quite a while, for the same reason thats then case for any well-established enterprise technology: lots of systems are going to be around using it long after it has become distressingly uncool to spend time learning.
There's a reason why regulated (including self-regulated) professions have continuing education requirements; progress happens and you become obsolete if you don't keep up with it.
Just because tech isn't regulated doesn't mean it's any more sensible to expect to remain valuable without keeping up with progress in the field.
That being said, MSSQL experts will likely have good-paying opportunities for quite a while, for the same reason thats then case for any well-established enterprise technology: lots of systems are going to be around using it long after it has become distressingly uncool to spend time learning.