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On the contrary it actually showed me the value of person.

• nerdjon 1y ago
  It did for me too, I still travel to some things. But it did show me that a lot of things were unnecessary to travel too and were just fine virtually. It isnt go back to how it was before or all virtual, there is a middle ground of traveling and in person when it is actually valuable instead of just being yet another conference.
  • ghaff 1y ago
    I still go to some events; I'm in a part-time role these days on my own as well. But I'm much more selective than 10 years or so when I was constantly putting out speaking proposals and shooting off to conferences pretty casually.
• Analemma_ 1y ago
  For better or worse, it’s kind of the double-edged sword of ICs insisting that WFH is fine and they don’t need to see other people in the office. Once you’ve made that argument, it’s hard to find a principled objection when management says “OK, no more conferences on our dime then.”
  • slipperydippery 1y ago
    I can't imagine wanting to go to even a local conference unless it's a paid alternative to doing real work in a shitty office. Like sure, it's better than that. But certainly not wanting to travel for it. Like if it's just "getting me out of" WFH, lol, no, I'll pass. I like social events well enough, but Christ, I'd rather go to some other profession's conference than a tech conference. If I started showing up at them it'd be a sign of distress, that I was desperate for a job and my existing network had failed me.