Gonna disagree. AWS needs to learn to scale it's conference. It was literally dangerous, going up the escalators this year. And if you weren't there early, t

Gonna disagree. AWS needs to learn to scale it's conference. It was literally dangerous, going up the escalators this year. And if you weren't there early, they'd run out of room. It was constantly cramped, and frankly, just a horrible experience. The only reason to attend would be to speak with vendors. And if you want to do that, you can arrange that without spending a dime on re:Invent. Considering the cost of attending, and the fact that you can see all the talks afterwards for free anyways, it's not worth the price. Even speaking with AWS experts was less than useful, as the individuals knew only the basics. Asking anything specific didn't get you any useful information. Couple this was what amounts to an awful schedule on a website... AWS re:Invent should be something everyone attends once, just so they know how not to organize or run a conference.