It's not dead. Far from it. You still need to have meetings and conferences. The amount will just depend on your industry. I really like the idea of growth

It's not dead. Far from it. You still need to have meetings and conferences. The amount will just depend on your industry. I really like the idea of growth culture, but thinking that it will apply to all industries is short sighted IMO. I run a marketing analytics groups and I'm an ex-hacker/ex-database analyst (C/perl/php/mysql/postgresql/SAS/Oracle). Most of the good marketers making their way to the leadership positions with digital marketing in my n=1 perception have a mix of marketing and hacking on their resume. I find the two skills very complimentary.