Life at Oracle Inseok Chong, Ph.D. Consulting Member of Technical Staff
Outline Introduction Career paths Work schedule Projects Patents Outside activities Compensation Miscellaneous
Oracle as a company Largest enterprise software company Second largest software company Database, Middleware, Applications 85,000 employees Headquarters in Redwood Shores, CA Revenue : ~ $24 B Database market share : ~ 50%
Oracle Headquarters
Career Paths Technology track Associate MTS, MTS, Senior MTS, Principal MTS, Consulting MTS, Architect Management track Manager, Senior Manager, Director, Senior Director, VP, Senior VP, Executive VP, President, CEO
Work Schedule as R&D Staff Flexible work hours Project-oriented Projects : Features requested by customers Challenging problems New Ideas Meeting : brainstorming, discussion, presentation
Projects Initial investigation Prototype – proof of concept Project proposal – reviewed by a committee Functional spec. - review meeting Design spec. - review meeting Test spec. - usually done by a testing group Implementation
Coding Development tools – check out, check in Testing and debugging – regression tests Code review Merge request Merge approval Merge
Patents Initial disclosure Patent review committee Meeting with patent attorney Patent application documents review Signatures International applications – Europe, Asia
Outside Activities
Conferences Ph.D. R&D staff – 30% research, 70% development Outside publication is encouraged Conference attendance Oracle OpenWorld – presentation, demo Invited talk
Money Matters
Compensation Highly competitive salary Yearly bonus Stock options Employee stock purchase plan 401(k) match Patent bonus One of the best benefits in industry
Eatery & Fitness On-site cafe: breakfast, lunch, dinner Free coffee, milk, juice, soda Friday evening – free pizza On-site gym
Desired Qualifications Individual capabilities Team player