> Sometimes I wonder if engineers and doctors are the only profession that constantly hold conferences and write blog posts about how to become better at their

> Sometimes I wonder if engineers and doctors are the only profession that constantly hold conferences and write blog posts about how to become better at their jobs. Journalists are literally doing this all the time. What makes you think that engineers and doctors are the only people who have conferences? Also, if we're talking about industry, most tech conferences are hardly very self-critical (this is changing at some conferences) most are about selling products to developers / other people in the tech industry or self-promotion and recruiting.