[Bucephalus355]

Worked at Oracle for 5 years...was in a similar situation.

Left to go to a 9 person company full of hot shot DevOps engineers, couldn't have been more happy to be the dumbest person in the room everyday. I learn so much I feel like I should be giving up extra salary to cover all the education I'm getting.

I liked working at Oracle, but am so glad I made the move. At the end of the day, lots of respect and admiration, even at a huge company like Oracle, don't really mean a lot. I used to tell my girlfriend that I worked 80 hours a week even if I did nothing. 25 hours of work at work + 25 hours of studying at home to make up for what I wasn't learning + 30 hours of guilt for working at a place where I wasn't learning anymore.