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Why haven't you gone to a development conference?

If you haven't gone to a development conference before, why?

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Michael Lee πŸ•

Hey hey David! A conference for developers or based around a specific development topic. Such as a conference for JavaScript, DevOps, etc...

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TMcSquared • Edited

Haven't been able to yet, just got finished with Homeschool :P

 
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Michael Lee πŸ•

Should I have used a different term? Maybe development to describe a dev/software conference is confusing? I just figured the equivalence to a design conference for designers but for developers would be development conference.

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Deef

Conferences I go to have talks by industry experts. I wouldn't just dismiss their expertise. Listen and so what you can apply to your work. There's always room for learning and improvement. Sure, some talks won't be new, but even then they may be confirming you're on the 'right' path.

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Maruf Alom

I go lot of conferences. What you say!

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Adnan Rahić

If someone has yet to go to a serious dev conference based in Europe, I'd suggest WeAreDevelopers. I've attended both this (as a speaker) and last year, and both were amazing!

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Ben Sinclair

I went to my first conference this month, and it was great. Partly because it wasn't in my area of expertise, though I had a lot of general, "domainy" knowledge. I'd do it again.

I haven't been before because they're waaaay expensive and I'd need to take time off work. Get work to pay for it, you say? Well companies tend to only pay for me to go to a conference in my area of expertise, and since most of these will consist of people giving entry-level talks or completely off-topic stuff like "how to feel good in your office" I've always seen them as a bit of a waste of everybody's time.

There's no point in going if I'm taking up the space of someone who really wants to be there and might learn something that helps them out in their career.

I also have a deep-seated distaste for "swag" culture. Charging people extra to let them in so you can give them "free" goodies is nonsense.

Socialising with people? Probably not for me.

That sort of thing.

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Deepak Singh

I had a few bad experiences, most of the talks were more like tutorials and how-tos.
Now I have switched to youtube, most talks are available without having devote a specific time, and I am easily able to focus on the talks that seem useful and weed out the tutorials.

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Quentin Sonrel

Because it's very rare where I live. Unfortunately.

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Frank Carr

Money. I would have to pay for it all out of pocket. That would come out to about $2500, probably more.

Secondly, I don't think that most of them provide a good ROI. They are mostly cleverly disguised sales pitches for products and services the sponsors and speakers are selling.