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Colin Angus Mackay26-Apr-07 23:03
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Probably the reason you didn't get any replies is that working in the data layer is much of a muchness with working anywhere else in a piece of software.

Bulky Fellow wrote:
I've often been told that life in the
data layer is peaceful and easier compared to life in middleware, as
it involves much lesser coding.


Does it? If there is less quantity it is probably because there is more thought put into it. But then, if people put more thought into the code they write elsewhere there would be less quantity and higher quality.

Bulky Fellow wrote:
Does anyone have some idea what people really do in the data layer?


Query the database. I don't really know how to answer that. It is pretty much like working anywhere else. You write code, you test code, you fix bugs, you release/deploy the code.

Bulky Fellow wrote:
the general
employees of the data layer


I'm not sure that the data layer, being an abstract concept, can employ anyone. It would be your company that employed you.

Bulky Fellow wrote:
And is it also true that one has to be
fairly experienced to get into a job in the data layer?


Not if some of the complete crap I've had to deal with is any indication.

I would suspect you would have to know more about how databases work than in any other layer, but that's about it. It is just like working anywhere else - You have to know how the thing you are interfacing with works.


Bulky Fellow wrote:
Some advice regarding this would be really helpful, as I'm thinking of
a career switch.


It is hardly a career switch.


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