OLAP anallysis - overseas or in the US?

Like all US developers, I am concerned about the future of my career as a
software developer, considering the number of jobs going overseas and the
declining rates. For the past 8 years or so I have made my living
developing business solutions, primarily using Microsoft tools. I have
worked on all develpment tiers, but I prefer to work on databases. However,
I have worked almost exclusively on OLTP databases.
Lately I have been thinking that a good strategegy for me would be to become
an expert in OLAP and data mining. My thinking is that this type of work
would need to be done close to the business as opposed to overseas, thus
providing some job security. In addition to that, it would allow me to
continue to work on databases, which I enjoy, and to analyze data, which I
also enjoy.
Looking for a reality check here. Does this sound sensible to others?PS sorry about the spelling error in the subject line.
"Curly" <XeveryidiwantiskenX@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Like all US developers, I am concerned about the future of my career as a
> software developer, considering the number of jobs going overseas and the
> declining rates. For the past 8 years or so I have made my living
> developing business solutions, primarily using Microsoft tools. I have
> worked on all develpment tiers, but I prefer to work on databases.
However,
> I have worked almost exclusively on OLTP databases.
> Lately I have been thinking that a good strategegy for me would be to
become
> an expert in OLAP and data mining. My thinking is that this type of work
> would need to be done close to the business as opposed to overseas, thus
> providing some job security. In addition to that, it would allow me to
> continue to work on databases, which I enjoy, and to analyze data, which I
> also enjoy.
> Looking for a reality check here. Does this sound sensible to others?
>
>
>|||Just for fun (or out of dispare) send this question to:
SQLWish@.microsoft.com
hope you can see the irony in it :( :~).
RTF|||Sorry I am not getting your point/joke. Can you please explain?
"Rufus T. Firefly" <nospam@.aol.com> wrote in message
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> Just for fun (or out of dispare) send this question to:
> SQLWish@.microsoft.com
> hope you can see the irony in it :( :~).
> RTF
>
>|||"Curly" <XeveryidiwantiskenX@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Sorry I am not getting your point/joke. Can you please explain?
Think about just who might be reading your e-mail!
RTF
> "Rufus T. Firefly" <nospam@.aol.com> wrote in message
> news:OcmVwuRxDHA.2136@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Just for fun (or out of dispare) send this question to:
> > SQLWish@.microsoft.com
> >
> > hope you can see the irony in it :( :~).
> >
> > RTF
> >
> >
> >
>|||Data mining is, largely, a statistical process. My observation has
been that some I.T. types "get" statistics, while others don't. If
you believe that you can handle things like correlation, regression,
clustering and outliers, as opposed to SQL, Perl, E-R diagrams and
Visual BASIC, then, yes- consider data mining as a possible career
target.
-Will Dwinnell, MBA
http://will.dwinnell.com
"Curly" <XeveryidiwantiskenX@.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<SB6Eb.8913$0s2.3355@.newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>...
> Like all US developers, I am concerned about the future of my career as a
> software developer, considering the number of jobs going overseas and the
> declining rates. For the past 8 years or so I have made my living
> developing business solutions, primarily using Microsoft tools. I have
> worked on all develpment tiers, but I prefer to work on databases. However,
> I have worked almost exclusively on OLTP databases.
> Lately I have been thinking that a good strategegy for me would be to become
> an expert in OLAP and data mining. My thinking is that this type of work
> would need to be done close to the business as opposed to overseas, thus
> providing some job security. In addition to that, it would allow me to
> continue to work on databases, which I enjoy, and to analyze data, which I
> also enjoy.
> Looking for a reality check here. Does this sound sensible to others?sql