Gabi’s Office Hours a.k.a. the Hallway Track
Written by Gabriela D'Ávila
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on Apr. 15, 2020
Since travel to deliver content and awareness is being held for a while (COVID-19), I am missing the interaction I would have with people at random times during a conference, the exchange of ideas and impromptu problem solving.
The hallway track of a conference has always been my favorite part: the networking, exchanging ideas, getting feedback about products, all of that is harder to replicate without talks and social the setting of a conference.
I decided to experiment and try to find new ways to interact with “my” audience, the idea of Office Hours came, which originally is not mine, however I like the fact that I can have a technical conversation with someone that has questions about databases (not just about Cloud SQL) and also provide a window of opportunity for you to give me feedback on our products.
Examples of things we can talk about:
- Query Performance
- Best Practices for Migrations
- Where to store your data
- Should I put my Server on Kubernetes?
- How do I migrate my data to the cloud?
The pilot started with 30 min sessions with the availability to talk to up to 10 people weekly (5h/week). However I think it is more productive a change to up to 3h/week and talking to 9 people in 20 min slots in more timezones.
Click here to book your time: gabi.tips/slots.
Tips for a good appointment:
- Write down your questions and add it to the booking tool.
- If a lengthy context is needed to understand your problem, please add the information in the booking tool, however do not send to me:
- PII – Personal Identifiable Information
- Your SQL Dump
- Your intellectual property
- No database credentials
- Have defined scope of what you want to talk about, I can’t solve everything in 20 minutes.
- Do not double book, other people should also take advantage of this
Disclaimers
This is not a guaranteed consultancy agreement, this is just people talking informally about tech problems and possible solutions, information shared and explained are guides, you are responsible for weighing your options and if any advice is executed, the outcome is your responsibility.