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Zhuoyue Wang
Zhuoyue Wang is a senior software engineer on the space management team at Oracle, focusing on database kernel development. He is now the team lead for memory management in the database kernel.
Beyond Oracle, he is actively involved in machine learning research and has published a number of academic works.
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Resources
Check out Joey’s academic works on Google Scholar – https://scholar.google.com/citations
2 Top Career Tips
1) Identify your strengths and interests. Find your unique position within the industry. Distinguish yourself from others. Enable people to remember you because of your characteristics and expertise. A great way to achieve this is to find the overlap between your strengths and your interests.
2) It’s important to leverage your strengths but don’t overlook your weaknesses. Don’t allow your weaknesses to hold you back.
Show Notes
Worst Career Moment
Zhuoyue unintentionally broke a database version due to differences between QA and non-QA modes. At the time Zhuoyue was working on performance optimization. This introduced an issue that impacted over 80 developers which had to be reverted.
Zhuoyue learnt not to rush into something without careful consideration of potential consequences. The team also introduced a policy to test all code in non-QA mode before merging to prevent any repeat of the issue.
Career Highlight
Zhuoyue’s career highlight has been his work on persistent memory management architecture in Oracle database, allocating space for operations. He is now the owner and team lead for this critical infrastructure and has been responsible for delivery of important features.
The Future
The potential for advancement in Artificial Intelligence. In particular large language models. It’s going to revolutionize many industries, out-performing humans in different tasks while reducing the cost. As IT professionals we need to have sufficient knowledge to be able to use AI as a tool. Learn how to leverage AI to perform your daily tasks better.
The Reveal
What first attracted you to a career in I.T.?
The potential to solve real world problems
What is the best career advice you’ve ever received?
Think like your boss. Find out what they care about. Understand their perspectives and try to anticipate their needs
What is the worst career advice you’ve ever received?
Stability is better than opportunity. The potential for growth and exploration enable you to find out what you are truly good at and passionate about.
If you had to begin your career again in today’s world, what would you do?
Focus in on AI and, perhaps, try to join an AI startup. This would provide excitement and opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation and problem solving.
What career objectives are you currently focusing on?
Transitioning into engineering management
What’s the number one non-technical skill that has helped you in your career so far?
Effective communication. This includes managing others expectations for deliverables and timelines as well as ideas and goals of projects
What do you do to keep your own career energized?
Reading relevant articles as well as attending local networking events and conferences
What do you do in your spare time away from technology?
Cooking, exploring different cuisines, and golf
Contact The Guest
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LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/zhuoyuewang
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