Event Agenda:

There will be a main talk between 30 minutes to 1 hour followed by optional lighting talks.

Main Talk by Michelle Bird:

Surviving the Snake Pit: How to Spot Threats, Read the Room, and Keep Your Job

A workplace survival guide for smart people who’ve been burned before. Ever worked somewhere that felt more like politics than teamwork? This talk is for professionals who’ve been punished for being too honest, too capable, or simply too observant. You’ll learn how to recognize dysfunctional power dynamics, decode unspoken cues in meetings, and protect your reputation without losing your integrity.

Through humor, real-world examples, and “Snake Pit Bingo,” you’ll walk away with practical tools to read the room like a strategist, speak up without self-sabotage, and thrive even in ego-driven environments. Because you’re not paranoid — you’re perceptive.

Lightning Talks:

Lightning talks are talks up to 5 minutes in length on any topic that might interest other Python people. See PyCon’s Lightning Talks description for more details.

We will present the latest test results comparing where we are with 9.6devel to the 9.5 branch. Additionally, there will also be data to illustrate the gaps that Postgres may attempt to close between other open source column store database solution using DBT-3 (a synthetic ad-hoc decision support workload).

Mark leads the 2ndQuadrant performance practice as a Performance Consultant for English Speaking Territories, based out of Oregon in the USA.

(You can RSVP on our meetup group, if you like: http://www.meetup.com/PDXPUG-Portland-PostgreSQL-Users-Group/)