Reminds me of when I worked at the early stages of a (now large) startup (I'm sure most of you have heard of the company), the CEO used to go to industry confer

Reminds me of when I worked at the early stages of a (now large) startup (I'm sure most of you have heard of the company), the CEO used to go to industry conferences and sit on panels with other competitors, intentionally giving terrible advice to throw others astray. He'd come back to the office and brag about the shitty advice he gave that everyone was eating up. This is why I don't go to conferences anymore.