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I have the exact opposite experience. Most expensive conferences that i've been to had a majority of sales pitches as talks. The free cobbled together ones whe
by Roritharr 11y ago
I have the exact opposite experience. Most expensive conferences that i've been to had a majority of sales pitches as talks.
The free cobbled together ones where you maybe get pizza and some soda are the ones where I learned the most.
- krzrak 11y agoYou're right, I should modify my statement: there are free/cheap conferences that are organised by some for-profit organisations - and they're mostly pitches. On the other hand, there are lots of meetups, confs, tech talks organised by non-profits, student groups, enthusiast, etc. which are really worth attending.