I was wondering is it feasible or doable to work from home as a DBA or Database designer/developer or Business intelligence developer. I have seen developers doing great working from home, but can DBAs work from home and be productive or do they have to physically be at work.
It depends...
Anyone can work from home if they have the proper work ethic. If your very self motivated and task oriented then it will work fine. It is important that you are able to show the people that you report to that you are producing top quality work.
As a manager it is harder for me to manage remote employees because I have to work harder to make a personal connection with them and ensure that we are working well together. I have some great people that work for me, database professionals, that work from home hundreds of miles away.
In my experience, it is quite reasonable to work from home. I prefer a 50/50 mix of at home work, and in the office work.
When I have to do after-hours work, I do that at home. If I have some serious development to do that requires good concentration, I will do that from home.
If meetings are scheduled, or if I need to interface with the rest of the team more, then I make a point of going in to the office.
Being able to work from home is a great perk, but work and home life tend to blurr a bit as you end up responding immediately to alerts and/or emails. But that is the life I have chosen, and I love it.
