Odds of Hanging On
Once you're in, you can truly write your own ticket in a database administration career. Not everyone has the broad range of technical and interpersonal skills needed for this kind of work. Database administrators aren't the techno-geeks you might imagine, with their heads stuck in some kind of computing contraption all day. They're high-level company officers who need to understand the business side of things in order to do their jobs correctly.
Database admins must interact with all levels of a company to make sure everyone has access to the data they need. If you can tailor a system to meet the demands of your co-workers, you're going no place but up.