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all of the major developer conferences (IO, f8, etc.) have been hijacked by marketing, PR and BD people. they forgot what these conferences are supposed to be
by nikcub 15y ago
all of the major developer conferences (IO, f8, etc.) have been hijacked by marketing, PR and BD people.
they forgot what these conferences are supposed to be about
- asdkl234890 15y agoSo thing X about thing Y, organized initially by and for people of type Y, has over time been hijacked by people who are X experts. If Marketing, PR and BD hijacked a programming competition, I'd be surprised. If they hijack a conference about anything, not so much.
- mmahemoff 15y agoFWIW that wasn't my experience for the past two IOs. I mostly met real developers and entrepreneurs, even at the after-parties. To be sure, the lure of free phones makes for a few fanboys and denies some deserving developers. But it was overwhelmingly a developer conference and the sessions certainly reflected that.