If I was drinking soda at the time, I'd shoot it out my nose after reading that one.

DBAs make at least 80,000USD a year if they are certified or have 3 years DBA experience. I guess they have to get that experience at a low paying job first? Reminds me of the last firm I worked for, they promoted a PC Technician to a DBA position for less pay than a developer. He hardly knew how to make a SQL query.