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Approach this discussion with higher-ups cautiously should you choose to have it. If you misstep, your ass is going to be grass, depending on the quality of leadership at your company.

Many engineers make the mistake of writing off database companies because they aren’t interested in working on a database, don’t have the experience, or otherwise think they wouldn’t qualify. What these engineers fail to realize is that these companies employ engineers to work on more than just the database solution.

Aside from work directly on the database product, what other types of engineers do you employ?

What is your company’s policy on remote work WRT its software engineers? Is this policy temporary/COVID-only, or more permanent? Do you use a location-based compensation system?

Interesting. This is what I suspected, but a friend of mine wanted to be shown “proof.”

Out of curiosity—do you hire for the core team remotely? Or is core mostly in-person?

Secondly, I notice that the current availabilities do not include the core team (just technical services). Are you not currently hiring core engineers?

What is your socio-economic background? As sad as it is, this matters. A lot. The bar is set differently for people with different backgrounds.