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I go to a few conferences for fairly specialised tech (like NixCon) and also to the much larger generic events (like the Chaos Communication Congress) and while

by tazjin 7y ago

I go to a few conferences for fairly specialised tech (like NixCon) and also to the much larger generic events (like the Chaos Communication Congress) and while both kinds have a lot of excellent talks going on, the talks are only peripherally what it's about for me. Networking and community building is by far the #1 reason why I attend these events, you can always watch talk recordings later.

usr1106 7y ago
Nice, I didn't expect that NixOS has its own conference. I have been at OpenSUSE summit twice, I will definitely go to DebConf once they come to a less exotic place (from my perspective). I was looking for an Archlinux conference, but could not find one. You don't need to be deeply involved in the project to benefit from a conference. I have been to Akademy twice when they happened to be in the area and I am not even a real KDE user. LinuxCon Australia is nearly a must for every engaged Linux developer, at least once in a lifetime. Still hesitating whether I'll do it a second time (I'm from Europe). I guess I need to go to my 9th Fosdem in 5 weeks. Just today my daughter complained: Dad why do you always go to your stupid conferences? I answered: Most of my colleagues from 20 years ago are no longer in software development. One runs a laundry, another one a fitness studio, some are unemployed... Yes, unfortunately speaking at a conference I haven't done for over 25 years any more. Back than I was a university employee and they only allowed attendance when you spoke. To speak you need to be really involved and I find it difficult to find the time on the side of my day job.
- tazjin 7y ago
  Well, Nix is a much wider ecosystem than "just" NixOS - the package manager has many other applications, too (for example I gave a talk about Nixery this year). From that perspective I don't find it so surprising that there's a conference about it :) > You don't need to be deeply involved in the project to benefit from a conference Agree! Many conferences these days will have tracks focused on "beginners", too (NixCon did this year).
DonHopkins 7y ago
There has always been a big overlap of people I know from computer conferences, science-fiction conventions, hacking congressions, and musical concerts. So some times I'll slip up and say "Grateful Dead Conference" or "SF Concert" or "Chaos Communication Convention", or "Unix Congress".

by tazjin 7y ago

usr1106 7y ago

Nice, I didn't expect that NixOS has its own conference. I have been at OpenSUSE summit twice, I will definitely go to DebConf once they come to a less exotic place (from my perspective). I was looking for an Archlinux conference, but could not find one. You don't need to be deeply involved in the project to benefit from a conference. I have been to Akademy twice when they happened to be in the area and I am not even a real KDE user. LinuxCon Australia is nearly a must for every engaged Linux developer, at least once in a lifetime. Still hesitating whether I'll do it a second time (I'm from Europe). I guess I need to go to my 9th Fosdem in 5 weeks. Just today my daughter complained: Dad why do you always go to your stupid conferences? I answered: Most of my colleagues from 20 years ago are no longer in software development. One runs a laundry, another one a fitness studio, some are unemployed... Yes, unfortunately speaking at a conference I haven't done for over 25 years any more. Back than I was a university employee and they only allowed attendance when you spoke. To speak you need to be really involved and I find it difficult to find the time on the side of my day job.

tazjin 7y ago
Well, Nix is a much wider ecosystem than "just" NixOS - the package manager has many other applications, too (for example I gave a talk about Nixery this year). From that perspective I don't find it so surprising that there's a conference about it :) > You don't need to be deeply involved in the project to benefit from a conference Agree! Many conferences these days will have tracks focused on "beginners", too (NixCon did this year).

DonHopkins 7y ago

There has always been a big overlap of people I know from computer conferences, science-fiction conventions, hacking congressions, and musical concerts. So some times I'll slip up and say "Grateful Dead Conference" or "SF Concert" or "Chaos Communication Convention", or "Unix Congress".