One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
I will opt for the hackthon where I actually do things with a small number of cool people.
Conferences and meetups are for two things
watching talks, learning new content.
"networking" with people
The first thing I can usually do better at home. I have better control over what I choose to watch.
Meeting people I already know at conferences is absolutely great, just happened to me at DroidConf a big conference in Berlin. I met lots of friends the first days.
But the second and third day I was bored, I was in huge rooms full of hundreds of strangers, "networking" like this is like the contrary of what I enjoy.
As an introvert, I enjoy doing things either one to one or in a small group.
Don't get me wrong, some conferences are great and changed my life, like Kotlinconf organized by JetBrains.
But if I had to pick one as an introvert, I would pick the hackathon.
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I will opt for the hackthon where I actually do things with a small number of cool people.
Conferences and meetups are for two things
The first thing I can usually do better at home. I have better control over what I choose to watch.
Meeting people I already know at conferences is absolutely great, just happened to me at DroidConf a big conference in Berlin. I met lots of friends the first days.
But the second and third day I was bored, I was in huge rooms full of hundreds of strangers, "networking" like this is like the contrary of what I enjoy.
As an introvert, I enjoy doing things either one to one or in a small group.
Don't get me wrong, some conferences are great and changed my life, like Kotlinconf organized by JetBrains.
But if I had to pick one as an introvert, I would pick the hackathon.