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What can database architects switch to?

The closest match is software quality assurance analysts and testers, paying about 25% less at the median. 8 jobs in all use similar skills with less of the shift touched by AI or robots.

Time card for software quality assurance analysts and testers: 3h 26m of an 8-hour shift touched by AI or robotsTime card: Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers →

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What can database architects switch to? AI or robots touch about 5h of a typical 8-hour shift for database architects, including 3h 48m on tasks AI or robots have done on their own somewhere. The jobs below use many of the same skills, and less of their day is touched today. The closest fit is software quality assurance analysts and testers: 3h 26m touched, with median pay 25% lower.

Matches come from O*NET's ratings of the skills, knowledge and work activities each job uses. "To build up" lists the skills each option rates as clearly more important than database architects do today. "Touched" is time on tasks with documented AI use or robots working in real workplaces. Treat these as starting points: pay, openings and requirements differ by state.

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  1. Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersClose skills · 3h 26m touched (vs 5h) · $104k · +5.7% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Programming, Technology Design, Operations AnalysisTo build up: Quality Control Analysis, Operations Monitoring, Writing
  2. Software DevelopersClose skills · 3h 20m touched (vs 5h) · $136k · +10.2% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Programming, Technology Design, Operations AnalysisTo build up: Programming
  3. Video Game DesignersRelated skills · 39m touched (vs 5h) · $104k · +6% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Programming, Technology Design, Operations AnalysisTo build up: Programming
  4. Database AdministratorsRelated skills · 3h 35m touched (vs 5h) · $105k · -0.1% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Programming, Operations Analysis, Technology DesignNo big skill gaps
  5. Computer Systems AnalystsRelated skills · 3h 6m touched (vs 5h) · $106k · +7.9% by 2035 · vocational school or associate's degreeShared skills: Programming, Technology Design, Systems AnalysisTo build up: Troubleshooting, Quality Control Analysis, Operations Monitoring
  6. Computer Systems Engineers/ArchitectsRelated skills · 3h 7m touched (vs 5h) · $117k · +5.1% by 2035 · vocational school or associate's degreeShared skills: Programming, Technology Design, Systems AnalysisTo build up: Science, Quality Control Analysis, Operations Monitoring

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  1. Computer and Information Research ScientistsClose skills · 3h 33m touched (vs 5h) · $140k · +21.8% by 2035 · graduate degreeShared skills: Programming, Technology Design, Systems AnalysisTo build up: Science
  2. Operations Research AnalystsRelated skills · 3h 13m touched (vs 5h) · $89k · +11.9% by 2035 · graduate degreeShared skills: Programming, Systems Analysis, Operations AnalysisTo build up: Mathematics, Science, Writing

Before you switch

See the full time card for database architects first: many tasks there still need a person, and learning AI tools for the rest can be its own way forward. For pay where you live, open any job above and pick your state.