[jeffFrom18F]

Maybe a little off topic, but I find it funny how big a deal people make about going to tech conferences. I never got it.

For context, I'm 37. I watch conference topics on topics I find interesting but they're often just mildly informative, definitely not the type of thing I'm going to travel halfway across the planet to see live. A lot of the time it seems to be more about making a name for the person or the company they work for. It seems the number and prominence of tech conferences has exploded in the past few years, I don't even remember hearing about these at all when I started out (mid-00s).

[blihp]

For those doing it right, it's about networking and/or making a name for themselves rather than the actual content of the conference. I've gone to a couple and agree that the content itself generally doesn't warrant the trip.