San Francisco FinOps Meetup

Lively discussion with your fellow cost management nerds. 

Hosted by Duckbill, this gathering brings together practitioners from companies all throughout the Bay Area to talk about cost management.

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Join us!

This meetup is for anyone navigating the messy reality of cloud financial management – where engineering wants to move fast and finance wants to understand why the bill doubled last month.

We’ll tackle real-world challenges like getting engineers to care about cost without killing velocity, building chargeback models that don’t make everyone hate you, and explaining Reserved Instance strategies to executives who think “the cloud” means it’s free.

Who should attend?

  • Anyone tired of being the “no” person when engineers want to spin up new services
  • Finance professionals who’ve been handed AWS bills and told to “figure it out”
  • Engineering leaders who know their team’s cloud spending is out of control but aren’t sure where to start
  • FinOps practitioners who want to commiserate with people facing the same battles

No need to bring spreadsheets or cost allocation strategies – just your war stories and questions. We’ll provide food, honest conversation, and the relief of knowing you’re not the only one dealing with this.