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I am a fierce critic of Oracle ( see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13432376 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13432376 ). But I know many people who i

by sqlplus 10y ago

I am a fierce critic of Oracle ( see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13432376 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13432376 ). But I know many people who in their right mind would want to work for Oracle. * People who love RDBMS technology. Oracle's Database division is big and has a lot of veteran and very skilled software developers and architects who work with the Database kernel code. New employees can also work on this code. I am sure a lot of people would like to work on the database kernel with skilled and intelligent teams. RDBMS as a domain can be fascinating for developers. It involves everything from compiler design (SQL) to system programming (memory management, locking semantics, concurrency, etc.) * People who love to work on open source and get paid well. Since Oracle ships its own Linux and since the database is also certified to work on many Linux environments (not just Oracle Linux), Oracle takes the responsibility of patching security problems in the supported open source environments if the upstream does not patch in time. A lot of people like this kind of work where they can work on open source, security and development at the same time and get paid while doing so. * System programmers. Many developers working on the Oracle Database are involved in system programming. Disclaimer: I work for Oracle.

coredog64 10y ago
If I wanted to work on Oracle Linux I'd do it from Raleigh, NC.
- sqlplus 10y ago
  Sure! There are employees who indeed work for Oracle remotely and get paid. The point is not that one may want to work on Oracle Linux. The point is that one can work on a variety of things in Oracle (including other Linux distributions, not just Oracle Linux) and system programming, and get paid to do this. Therefore despite the several chronic problems that exist in Oracle, it is not as absurd to be working for Oracle in 2017 as aswanson was claiming it to be.
  - phonon 10y ago
    Umm, I think he was trying to say Oracle Linux = RHEL
    - sqlplus 10y ago
      Then that totally misses the point I was trying to make. I was making the point that Oracle actively patches security vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux as well as other distributions for their customers when the upstream takes too long to patch them. Therefore, I was making the point that one who would like to work on security, open source and development at the same time could work for Oracle. Of course, one can just work for RHEL and Canonical too. But one can work for Oracle too. It's one more option available to developers and many developers seem to exercise this option.
aswanson 10y ago
Sounds like interesting work, thanks for the insight.

by sqlplus 10y ago

coredog64 10y ago

If I wanted to work on Oracle Linux I'd do it from Raleigh, NC.

sqlplus 10y ago
Sure! There are employees who indeed work for Oracle remotely and get paid. The point is not that one may want to work on Oracle Linux. The point is that one can work on a variety of things in Oracle (including other Linux distributions, not just Oracle Linux) and system programming, and get paid to do this. Therefore despite the several chronic problems that exist in Oracle, it is not as absurd to be working for Oracle in 2017 as aswanson was claiming it to be.
- phonon 10y ago
  Umm, I think he was trying to say Oracle Linux = RHEL
  - sqlplus 10y ago
    Then that totally misses the point I was trying to make. I was making the point that Oracle actively patches security vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux as well as other distributions for their customers when the upstream takes too long to patch them. Therefore, I was making the point that one who would like to work on security, open source and development at the same time could work for Oracle. Of course, one can just work for RHEL and Canonical too. But one can work for Oracle too. It's one more option available to developers and many developers seem to exercise this option.

aswanson 10y ago

Sounds like interesting work, thanks for the insight.