That is a fair point RE: affordability and US centricism, and something I've brought up with folks as a core concern at the conference even before this post was written.
Trust me when I say I've been plenty critical of those gaps myself, which is why I'm excited to see them engaging on those finally.
There are some plans in motion on that already, and since talk is cheap I'm also directly rebooting the SF Ruby meetup soon and will network with others in the meetup scene to create a guide book on how to do the same.
Personally I would like to see more direct investment in areas which do not have coverage already, and Europe is one of those areas where we could be increasing presence. We're not just the US.
The way I see it though is that we need to partition out how we deal with areas. Something along the lines of local (city like SF), regional (area like Pacific Northwest), country (US), continental (Europe, SA, etc), and global (moving around).
To do that we need to create leaders capable of 800+ person conferences, prove out interest levels, and set a foundation. Without those it becomes hard to invest, but I see those efforts starting to take root and will be driving towards seeing them land.
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That is a fair point RE: affordability and US centricism, and something I've brought up with folks as a core concern at the conference even before this post was written.
Trust me when I say I've been plenty critical of those gaps myself, which is why I'm excited to see them engaging on those finally.
There are some plans in motion on that already, and since talk is cheap I'm also directly rebooting the SF Ruby meetup soon and will network with others in the meetup scene to create a guide book on how to do the same.
Personally I would like to see more direct investment in areas which do not have coverage already, and Europe is one of those areas where we could be increasing presence. We're not just the US.
The way I see it though is that we need to partition out how we deal with areas. Something along the lines of local (city like SF), regional (area like Pacific Northwest), country (US), continental (Europe, SA, etc), and global (moving around).
To do that we need to create leaders capable of 800+ person conferences, prove out interest levels, and set a foundation. Without those it becomes hard to invest, but I see those efforts starting to take root and will be driving towards seeing them land.