[ephermata]

Worth it for meeting people. The talks are uneven. Sometimes wildly uneven. The main point of DEF CON is for people to get in touch face to face, maybe pick up some new interesting contacts. If you want "training" then this is not really the right place.

So if you like meeting new people, if you have a few people you know already who are going to hang out with, and if you can tolerate the occasional talk that just doesn't do it for you, it's worth it. If you're going alone and you don't feel like trying to meet some interesting strangers, it probably is not worth it. (Either way is fine!)