I'm pretty sure they figured out the answer to that a LONG time ago...

I was wondering if it was in my state (Arizona) or Florida. Sadly, yes, it is that predictable

Piling on here. In sales, and particularly in enterprise SW sales, the base salary is irrelevant. Sure, $10K seem like a big deal, but good sales people, who will eat their young to close an order, who blow away quota, can easily clear $300K or more in commissions and bonuses. Oracle will be no different.

Too soon

Well put.

I am in marketing, and when you make a pricing mistake, you learn from the lesson, you fix the problem ASAP, and you deal with the lost revenue.

If you don't have enough moxie to own up to the mistake, you don't deserve to be in business.

My company is moving me to Silly valley, and I will be able to comfortably afford a mortgage. Yes, it is a LOT more than my house here in Phoenix, but the pay bump will easily cover the delta in payments.

Or murder me in my S2000 (I dodge three schools on my 7 mile commute with suicidal, kamikaze moms dropping kids off, running lights, blocking traffic, and pulling out blindly in to the flow of traffic.)

Whoa, that escalated quickly.

Sprint planning meeting with our China team. No candy for me.

And if that happens, I am not likely to care that much about my data (TEOTWAWKI scenario).

I use a couple of the cloud services. Sensitive documents get encrypted (and there are surprisingly few of those that I feel compelled to encrypt), and the rest are just there. Everywhere I go I have access.

To be fair, it usually comes as pressure from sales.

Slightly longer answer:

The things that probably baffle you about the leadership where you are at, the decisions that seem to make no sense, and the troglodytes that seem to have power will make more sense to you after learning a bit about business.

As someone with a physics degree, who does marketing and product management, I self taught myself a lot of what is needed to function in these spheres. It isn't hard, but it will seem alien. It doesn't require more than a modicum of common sense (once you learn to not sneer at it) and the ability to do basic arithmetic. I occasionally break out a PDE to model a pricing structure, and am met with amazement (particularly when it turns out to accurately model the true system response). But I am a geek like that.

I used to be one of those "never go" people. Then I had a heart attack. Now I visit my GP, my cardiologist, and my endocrinologist at least once a year each. Lately, I have been having lots of problems with my feet, so add a podiatrist in to the mix.

From the survey results, either the majority of /. people are young and reckless, or they are lying about how often they go to the doctor.

For the record, I get a cold, I get the flu, I stay home and ride it out. Unless I become severely dehydrated.

Beat me to it. I have been a subscriber for more years than I can remember. Worth every penny.