Oracle is still buried under layers of bureaucracy...............
The joke is we reach for Java even when a simple Bash script would do the job.
We build heavy frameworks for what should be lightweight data pipelines.
We take open-source software, wrap it, rename it, and present it as innovation
(Preact → OJet, Apache HTTP Server → OHS, and the pattern continues).
We talk about Java 26 to the outside world, while internally we’re still anchored to Java 8, maybe Java 17 at best.
We have 10 people maintaining a basic Makefile or CI/CD pipeline, but only 2 actually writing the code that matters.
We accepted JIRA but never promoted BugDB to external world. I remember BugDB team was sleeping without even REST API or changes for years.
We write thousands of test cases, yet the final validation still depends on manual checks. I remember same testcases ran every day in pipeline for 3-5 years continuously always passing.
We spend 1000's of lines writing CICD code, QA code for a Product code of just 10 lines. ( I remember for auditing a SQL file, we had 2 teams writing a new microservice)
We value people who gossip and go as a team rather than a game changer.
Jokes apart. when was the last time an executive actually sat with the team to rethink technology direction or for a futuristic directions. All they ask is document your ideas to Confluence and we will review. They take their favorites to meetings and show their faces.
The Outside world is changing a lot. The Talents are simply wasted without proper directions. There is a need of heavy change in top management layers specially reducing VP, Senior VP's and Directors who are not providing clear directions below and simply playing games.