Job Hunting!!!

Off late, things haven't been looking all that great in my team. People are leaving faster than you can say "Juranimoooooo", and this is really beginning to worry me.
Add to this the that the fact that workloads are spiking astronomically and pay hikes seem a loooooooooooooooong way away - and we have the perfect stage for people to start thinking of "migrating to better seasons"

As a result, to be on the safer side, I started interviewing with a few companies - just in case things go from bad to worse out here.
I haven't gotten any offers so far, partly because I haven't done any proper preparations for my
interviews, and partly because I still nurture a hope that things will get better here and I might not have to leave Oracle after all.

A couple of things I realized are as follows:
1. When you mention you are from Oracle, the expectations automatically soar. The interviewers expect you to be some sort of a rocket scientist and the nature and level of questions automatically goes from tough to impossible-to-answer.
2. Oracle Brand Name Rocks!!! It gives you a loooooooooot of leveraging power!!!
3. Markets are not as bad as analysts and newspapers claim.
4. If you can convince the interviewer that you are very smart and tech savvy - the company is ready to pay you whatever number you are quoting (when I mentioned I was expecting 9.5 laks per annum and I was not negotiable on that figure - they simply agreed to pay me that much)
5. Working in a product company and trying to move to a service company is a challenge - for two major reasons:
.a. Service Companies can't afford you.
.b. Working in a Product company makes you an authority on all aspects of a product. But, service companies need people who are authorities on Technologies - not products!
6. Trying to make a switch from Technology into something like Pre-Sales or Consulting is not easy - especially if you're not already doing something like that in your current organiztion.


Anyways ... I better start preparing harder and try to read up on the latest fads in the market. That way - I think - my chances of bagging an offer will increase.

So ... Wish me luck!!!