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So, IT managers like Oracle because they can pay someone else to do their job for them? What are they getting paid for then? They take the TPS reports from the

So, IT managers like Oracle because they can pay someone else to do their job for them? What are they getting paid for then? They take the TPS reports from the in-house engineers to the Oracle managers? They're people people?

zigzigzag 10y ago
Almost all companies need databases. Very few companies can or want to hire highly skilled database engineers with years of experience of debugging and performance profiling complex applications.
- AndyNemmity 10y ago
  Right, when I go to major client sites, often their people don't know anything about databases really. It's in some random city, and they hire the people that are local. You get very wildly different levels of skill, and many times very low levels of skill. Then they hire consultants, because we can make the thing go.