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Becoming a Postgres committer with Melanie Plageman
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Becoming a Postgres committer with Melanie Plageman

Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano · Microsoft

September 20, 20241h 22m

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If you could work on anything, would you quit your job to pursue it? Postgres committer and major contributor Melanie Plageman joined Claire Giordano on this episode of the Talking Postgres podcast (formerly Path To Citus Con) to share her story about becoming a Postgres committer. Melanie pivoted from IT consulting to open-source development, driven by her fascination with systems engineering and Postgres open source. What’s the secret to getting your patch committed? Feedback is a gift, but how willing are you to embrace it? How important is mentorship—and how important is it to ask for help? Even though crafting clear, concise emails to a technical community might not be easy, Melanie shows how empathy for other Postgres developers can help your work to stand out.

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Podcasts & conference videos that Melanie listens to when running that she recommends to Postgres developers:


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postgresqlpostgresdatabasescommunityopen sourcecituspath to citus con
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