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Big Company mentality, Decent Life Balance

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Oracle for 4 years
April 22, 2014
Redwood City, California
3.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Overall, a pretty good life balance, which is important if you have a family or plan on having one.

Cons

Compensation for developers is not adequate. I think that management believes that developers are expendable and can be replaced by college hires (cheaper labor). If you stick around for long enough (10+ years), then I think the picture changes.

Advice to Management

The database is only getting more complicated to maintain with each layer of new features.

If you want great software, invest in great developers and in processes that work. Don't cheapen out on the people that make this possible.

Realize that it's not just SVPs that drive progress - developers are the people who create the product.

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