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I'm not a postgres expert but I wouldn't be surprised if the people selling themselves as such were previously sql server or oracle experts. I've done both over the last 25 years and followed their certification path, but I'm not sure this particular expertise is a marketable these days, for many companies dbs are a commodity. I've moved more into cloud solution architecture now.

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Yeah I guess these days it's easier to setup a DB if you have a cloud env. Also most companies don't need (or want) their DB optimized by an expert. Why did you move to cloud architecture?

> Also most companies don't need (or want) their DB optimized by an expert.

Maybe most. But as someone supporting a company that has few TBs of data for SQL Server database to run Dynamics AX - they really appreciate when DBA makes their business run smoothly and get reports or calculate orders on time.

And I encounter multiple companies where they should need a touch of a DBA - weird database design that bites the business side of things.

> And I encounter multiple companies where they should need a touch of a DBA

Agreed, I've seen several examples of this.

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