/ blogPOSETTE 2024 — How to Work with Other People
POSETTE 2024 is an online event for PostgreSQL (formerly known as Citus Con, kindly sponsored by Microsoft) which took place on June 11-13, 2024. It was wonderfully organised, and even though I prefer in-person events vs pre-recorded talks, it was very well executed and the audience participation via Discord live chat was great and very heartening.
It was also my first time speaking at this conference and I could not have found a better collaborator than Floor Drees to present this topic. We both thought it was really important to discuss the elephant in the room (forgive the pun) of the often-overlooked reality of neurodivergence and mental health issues — often swept under the rug in IT circles, open-source projects, and yes, even our beloved PostgreSQL Community. We shared our own experiences but also what other people from the community kindly shared with us during our research for this talk.
Building awareness is the first step on a journey that can lead to better outcomes for everyone: Better and more harmonious collaboration, improving the working lives of people, breaking groupthink, and less stress and tension all around. I do believe some things need to be adapted, and we can work together to make this gradual change happen.
Without further ado, I present the talk below. It's very brief (we tried to cram everything into just over 25 minutes) so it won't take up too much of your time.
I will be very happy to hear back from you at @vyruss@fosstodon.org — your comments, your experiences, your testimonials. This is how we constructed this talk and how we will raise awareness together.
🎞️ Video on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=ZWWjPPC3I4w
🖥️ Link to talk slides: https://vyruss.org/computing/slides/posette2024_how_to_work_with_other_people.pdf
On the occasion of the conference, Manning Publications has been kind enough to offer a discount code for my book PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them, so you can use PGDC24 to get 45% off (Valid until July 25th, 2024)
