Overheard at the MySQL Conference
Here are a few tidbits I've overheard while walking the halls at the MySQL User Conference today:
- "I was really impressed by Marten Mickos' keynote. I guess in Europe they hire CEOs who really know their stuff." (Ouch!)
- "I'm sitting here at lunch with a guy from Mexico who uses MySQL to manage an auto manufacturing business. And those guys across the table are from istockphoto.com in Canada. And they're both talking to an engineer from Sweden about MySQL performance optimization. It doesn't get much better than this."
- "This is my favorite conference. There's so much good material, and it's all so practical."
- "Someone's turned S3 into a storage engine for MySQL. How cool is that!"
OK, O'Reilly co-produces this conference, and I'm on the board of MySQL, but it is a darn impressive conference. The depth and breadth of the sessions truly is remarkable.
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@Greg, if I were to call Central Casting to hire an actor to play the part of an alpha male Fortune 500 executive, I'd be delighted to get Marten Mickos. Maybe the vibes that appeal to male speakers come from the top.
> "I guess in Europe they hire CEOs who really know their stuff." (Ouch!)
How about CEOs who actually know their staff?
Greg and Kathy -- we'd love your help finding more female speakers for next year's MySQL Conference. If you know any great MySQL practitioners who are female, please urge them to send in proposals, or just send us their names so we can contact them. Since you seem to know many suitable candidates from the tone of your comments, we can hope for a much better balance next year!
I'm the guy that wrote the S3 storage engine. I thought it was cool as I was writing it, and was very gratified that so many at the conference seemed to agree.
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Greg Wilson [04.25.07 05:55 AM]
I just checked the conference speakers list, and counted 124 male and 6 female presenters --- any thoughts on how that ties back to your earlier post (http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/04/women_in_comput.html)?