> When people attend conferences, they're doing it to be seen. Not when I do it. I go to the conferences to learn. To learn what's out there, to see what peopl

> When people attend conferences, they're doing it to be seen. Not when I do it. I go to the conferences to learn. To learn what's out there, to see what people are working on, what they're excited about, what they want to talk about, what they want to hear about. Sometimes I give talks too, but that's usually not the fun part of a conference to me.