What does a typical day look like?

Cornelia BiacsicsPrincipal Program Manager @Microsoft

What does a typical day at Microsoft look like?

A typical day for me involves working closely with a wide range of people and teams, including software engineers, product managers, people from the field, as well as external partners, and of course members of the PostgreSQL community. A significant part of my role focuses on events and community engagement. I oversee Microsoft's sponsorship of PostgreSQL events and coordinate our participation, working closely with both the PostgreSQL community and teams across Microsoft.

Elisa UsaiSenior Delivery Manager @dbi services

What does a typical day as senior delivery manager consist of?

So, we're getting into what I was telling you before. What I like about all that is that there isn't really a typical day. Each day is different, and that's what I love. You'll see later too that it's really a trait I have myself, because on a personal level, I'm like that too. I currently spend part of my time exchanging with clients to understand their technical needs, translating them afterwards into something understandable, and making sure the projects move forward correctly.

Flora BarrieleOracle Database@AWS EMEA Black Belt

What does a typical day at Oracle look like?

That's the interesting part, my job has two sides. There's the client side, where I'm in contact with clients and their projects, I help them set up the service, understand it, solve their technical problems. And there's a side I love, a bit of evangelism: promoting Oracle services, producing content (YouTube videos, articles to publish online), training myself so I can then train others. It's not a huge part of my time, but I really enjoy it. So there are really these two sides, which makes my days quite varied.

Yves ColinCustomer Engineer Data Management @Google

What's a typical day like as a Customer Engineer at Google?

There's not really a typical day. Mostly, the idea is to help customers use Google's products. Either informing them about new features, but also really understanding their needs and being able to guide them, understanding the technical, financial, and functional issues of different customers and being able to point them toward the best approach for their context. An approach that's right for one customer isn't necessarily the best for another, even if they're in the same type of business.

Damien ClochardCo-founder & Product Owner @Dalibo

Do you have a typical day?

Not really, which is the great part. There are recurring meetings, quick check-ins on where we are with the products. But mostly it's meetings with clients or prospective clients, either understanding their needs or explaining what we do in an innovative way. My focus is on how to manage a fleet of PostgreSQL instances, hundreds or thousands of them, in a homogeneous, secure way. Helping large companies scale with PostgreSQL. That means automation, whether through Ansible or Terraform, and providing tools so that teams can be autonomous in deploying and operating all those instances.

Ege GüneşTeam Lead, Kubernetes Operators @Percona

How does a typical day go as a Team Lead?

I've been a team lead for the past three years. Before that, I spent two years at Percona as a software engineer. My day usually starts with code reviews. Since we're an open source company, that also means reviewing community contributions, responding to GitHub issues, and answering questions on our community forum. I spend about an hour every morning going through pull requests, issues, and anything that needs follow-up. After that, I block a few hours on my calendar specifically for coding.

Matt CornillonData Cloud & AI Specialist @Google

What does a typical day at Google look like?

I do not think I really have a typical day, because the role is very varied. My main work is to support sales teams on technical topics related to databases. I do not directly own a customer portfolio, but sales teams and customer engineers call on us when topics become more complex or very specialized. Our role is then to understand where the customer is in their transformation, what their needs and problems are, and how Google's solutions can answer them.

Cedric VillemainPresident / CEO @Data bene

And today as CEO, what does a typical day look like for you at Data Bene?

My day will sound scary. I do a lot of things that aren't PostgreSQL. I have to run a company, so there's sales, marketing, HR, etc. I tend to have long days. I get up very early. Roughly from 5am to 7am, I do my review. Morning is quiet, almost nobody around. Sometimes as I have colleagues in Asia, it's a good moment to connect with them. After that it's very variable: lots of exchanges with colleagues on various projects, unblocking situations, strategic discussions around sales. But I try to spend a big chunk of my time on R&D, monitoring, and new development directions.

Mikaël FrancoeurSoftware Engineer @Turso

What does a typical day look like at Turso today?

We work with a tremendous amount of autonomy. I don't have set hours. Nobody does. Nobody either… we're all aware of the company's direction. We're all aware of the company's priorities. And it's each person's responsibility to spend their time on what has the most impact.

Franck PachotDeveloper Advocate @MongoDB

Since Yugabyte you have been a Developer Advocate, what is that job and what does a typical day look like?

My job is to help developers. At Yugabyte, that meant explaining PostgreSQL compatibility, the advantages of distributed SQL, high availability, and scaling strategies. I answered questions on forums, delivered webinars, workshops, and hands-on sessions. But a big part of the work was also listening, really listening, to what developers were experiencing in the field, and passing that feedback back to product management so it could help improve the product. At MongoDB it is a bit different in its approach.