What I probably did right and what I think I could have done better

Summary: Retrospective on a successful database research career, detailing key decisions and what went right. Also discusses gendered experiences and strategies for improving inclusivity in women’s database research. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 12139
Venue: VLDB
Year: 2019
Pagerank: -
Overall Rank: 13,516 | 7.27%
DOI: 10.14778/3352063.3352147

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Authors

1. Wang-Chiew Tan (Megagon Labs)

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@article{tan_vldb19,
        title = {{What I probably did right and what I think I could have done better}},
        author = {Tan, Wang-Chiew},
        journal = {PVLDB},
        series = {{VLDB} '19},
        volume = {12},
        number = {12},
        pages = {2308--2308},
        doi = {10.14778/3352063.3352147},
        url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/3352063.3352147},
        year = {2019}
}

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