There’s a lot of (admittedly warranted) shade been thrown on SF here over the past two days. But putting that aside, I feel sad that remote work + the tech dow

There’s a lot of (admittedly warranted) shade been thrown on SF here over the past two days. But putting that aside, I feel sad that remote work + the tech downturn means that employers have slashed all conference travel budgets. Conferences were a great way for me to meet professionals outside of my workplace. Even if it was just an excuse to get drunk and party, I think the industry benefitted as a whole from the networking. Conferences in 2023 are just sad. The vendor/prospect ratio is way off, and you can really feel the tension on vendors’ faces. Some of these today make RSAC and BlackHat look like stodgy academic conferences.