Imagine having access to millions of developers, and having the opportunity to save for each of them, just a few seconds a day.

That equation made my decision to join Oracle Corp. 4 years ago a total no-brainer.

4+ million users spending hours a day in the tool I help build. As a product manager, if I help influence once feature or feature-tweak that takes an operation from 6 clicks to 2 clicks, that's a pretty nice payback.

I was at a company where my performance was based on dollars spent on our products. That's easy to measure.

Now I'm at a company that judges me based on dollars and seconds saved using our products. That's harder to measure maybe, but the exposure is 2-3 times larger. And the payback is limitless.

My job is simply to make the average job of the average Oracle database user, easier.

So, what can we build today to make your job tomorrow that much easier? Is it a widget, a right-click, and entire new product or platform?

We're working on all of those things.

Do we make money at the end of the day? Yes. But do I also help other people make lots of money and pay their mortgages, school tuitions, and help fund countless charities, and pet projects? I think so. And I sleep VERY well at night.

P.S. I might just be a wee bit evil. I always related to Mr. Burns on the Simpsons.