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Let's be honest: many people at conferences just see them as a way to have the company pay for you to get out of the office and go on a semi-vacation. You're s

by drugme 7y ago

Let's be honest: many people at conferences just see them as a way to have the company pay for you to get out of the office and go on a semi-vacation. You're saying that like it's a bad thing. I find that these "semi-vacations" do a lot to recharge my batteries, which is very helpful to my productivity in the long run. I'm sure 90% of the benefit could be had by going to local meetups and watching the big conferences online. I would say more like 50 percent. The other 50 percent comes in the form of (vitally important) F2F interactions. Which are why, time and time again -- remote interactions are found to be "just not the same" as in-person interactions.

perfunctory 7y ago
> You're saying that like it's a bad thing. I find that these "semi-vacations" do a lot to recharge my batteries, which is very helpful to my productivity in the long run. Nothing's wrong with semi-vacations. But we might as well be open about it and provide an actual vacation and do it in a less carbon intensive way. Let's say if a company instead of paying for a conference, just gave you a few days off and cash in hand. How would you spend it?
- drugme 7y ago
  How would you spend it? To be honest, at least once a year I'd probably go to a technical conference.