[jvanderbot]

I'd love to go to defcon, but I fear it'll end up like every other conference I go to: wandering around, watching a few talks, ending up at a few semi-boring cocktail hours, etc. Maybe I'm that anti-cool enough to get auto-filtered?

I joined a local discord / defcon chapter, and it was mostly reminiscing about the good old days and most people saying they weren't going this year.

[jszymborski]

I went maybe 7 years back as an undergrad doing a biochemistry degree and met plenty of cool people both on the con floor and at random parties.

People were generally super friendly and willing to hang and chat.

[busterarm]

Find a village or contest that matches your interests, spend the whole weekend there and you will have an incredible experience.