I left Oracle three years ago and now see many former colleagues moving into VP or Senior Director roles. The bar seems lower than a decade ago. Back then, an IC5 promotion required pitching to several VPs; Director → Senior Director often took 5–8 years of hard work; becoming VP could take around a decade for top performers. Today I’m seeing a average guy become regional VP of AI with only a bachelor’s degree, little to no AI experience, and limited overall sales experience (<3 years at Microsoft, and in fact later fired). Has the process changed, or are titles being inflated? Where is this going? Is this a talent development, I guess not...
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It’s definitely running some orgs into the ground. At a minimum they should have a good end user understanding and they don’t. Policy after policy keeps coming out from upper management and we’re like yeah buddy these are not sustainable or obtainable when you keep increasing prices beyond a reasonable percentage at renewal.
Fewer qualifications = lower pay and with an excess of management the incompetence won't even be noticed
For ic5 it is the same. It requires multiple VPs supporting you.
I know the VP you're talking about, I was wondering about how he got there... I aspired one day to maybe make that level but I guess that's not going to happen now
Lack of people and they moved automaticallyvto get promoted, there are no genius there - the longer you stay there, the more your tech skills get outdated.