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Waza - Heroku developer conference - $300 - Feb 28

33 points by cr4zy 14y ago

robbiet480 14y ago
Is this for developers with apps running on Heroku or developers of Heroku add-ons and such? I think it's the former, but I am not sure.
- willlll 14y ago
  It's for anyone
- fizx 14y ago
  It's a general-purpose web developer conference put on by Heroku. Last year was the most ridiculous conference I've ever been to (it had a sake opening ceremony, catered sushi, Rob Pike, and a rock concert) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPDbzpZS_gg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPDbzpZS_gg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz4EHZufii0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz4EHZufii0
shawndrost 14y ago
I went last year -- it's a very high quality, general-interest web engineering conference.
rurounijones 14y ago
You got to hand it to Heroku for their site design. I particularly like their understated google map marker as the icon to click to find the location.
perlpimp 14y ago
Where is the schedule? am I missing something?
wavesounds 14y ago
$300 to go see this joker? https://waza.heroku.com/2013/speakers/aaron-patterson https://waza.heroku.com/2013/speakers/aaron-patterson Have these people lost touch with the value of money? If Im paying $300 for one day I better learn a shit load not have to listen to some dude bull shit me about his "street dance offs". I mean maybe that guys actually legit and is just trying to be funny. But im honestly frustrated at how expensive all these conferences are, for a free lance/startup person its way too much.
- petercooper 14y ago
  I mean maybe that guys actually legit He is. He's one smart cookie and was the first person to be in both Ruby and Rails' core teams. He has some great talks up on Confreaks and YouTube, etc. He does like whimsy but that's what makes it fun and there's usually a serious and interesting technical topic behind the talk's facade. That said, for people who aren't aware of certain personalities, I can see why it might be a turnoff, so more work could probably be done to explain why speakers at conferences are worth seeing.
- steveklabnik 14y ago
  Aaron was the first person to have commit access to both Ruby and Rails. His personality is silly but he has really impressive tech chops.
- benschwarz 14y ago
  Aaron is a ruby and rails committer, he's not only entertaining, but a great teacher. If you don't think he and the other speakers are worth it, don't go. … If you think $300 for a conference is absurd, then you've clearly never organised anything bigger than a BBQ.
  - rdl 14y ago
    $300 is kind of in the valley between "trivial for an individual to pay" (which I think tops out at $150-200) and "still trivial for a business". (under $1k for a single day). Unless they were trying to capacity control, I think having dual types of tickets (some kind of $100-200 ticket with no receipt and thus no expenseability, and a $600-1000 ticket with expense reporting) would make sense, sort of like what HAL and CCC do.
- patio11 14y ago
  You should raise your freelancing rates. If you're in the Bay Area and can do Rails, market rates are well north of $100 an hour. Raising your rates will let you pay for many things, including inexpensive conferences that you can trivially write off.
- emperorcezar 14y ago
raverbashing 14y ago
I have a personal view on conferences The higher level the issue debated, the less value there is in a conference (higher level - not necessarily 'closer to the metal') As such Python conference - sign me up! Django or Pylons conference - ok Pinax conference - don't waste my money Because it gets more specific, less flexible every time. A conference on CSS/HTML5? Looks cool. A conference on LESS? C'mon Especially for $300 dollars

33 points by cr4zy 14y ago

Is this for developers with apps running on Heroku or developers of Heroku add-ons and such? I think it's the former, but I am not sure.

willlll 14y ago
It's for anyone
fizx 14y ago
It's a general-purpose web developer conference put on by Heroku. Last year was the most ridiculous conference I've ever been to (it had a sake opening ceremony, catered sushi, Rob Pike, and a rock concert) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPDbzpZS_gg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPDbzpZS_gg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz4EHZufii0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz4EHZufii0

shawndrost 14y ago

I went last year -- it's a very high quality, general-interest web engineering conference.

rurounijones 14y ago

You got to hand it to Heroku for their site design. I particularly like their understated google map marker as the icon to click to find the location.

perlpimp 14y ago

Where is the schedule? am I missing something?

wavesounds 14y ago

$300 to go see this joker? https://waza.heroku.com/2013/speakers/aaron-patterson https://waza.heroku.com/2013/speakers/aaron-patterson Have these people lost touch with the value of money? If Im paying $300 for one day I better learn a shit load not have to listen to some dude bull shit me about his "street dance offs". I mean maybe that guys actually legit and is just trying to be funny. But im honestly frustrated at how expensive all these conferences are, for a free lance/startup person its way too much.

petercooper 14y ago
I mean maybe that guys actually legit He is. He's one smart cookie and was the first person to be in both Ruby and Rails' core teams. He has some great talks up on Confreaks and YouTube, etc. He does like whimsy but that's what makes it fun and there's usually a serious and interesting technical topic behind the talk's facade. That said, for people who aren't aware of certain personalities, I can see why it might be a turnoff, so more work could probably be done to explain why speakers at conferences are worth seeing.
steveklabnik 14y ago
Aaron was the first person to have commit access to both Ruby and Rails. His personality is silly but he has really impressive tech chops.
benschwarz 14y ago
Aaron is a ruby and rails committer, he's not only entertaining, but a great teacher. If you don't think he and the other speakers are worth it, don't go. … If you think $300 for a conference is absurd, then you've clearly never organised anything bigger than a BBQ.
- rdl 14y ago
  $300 is kind of in the valley between "trivial for an individual to pay" (which I think tops out at $150-200) and "still trivial for a business". (under $1k for a single day). Unless they were trying to capacity control, I think having dual types of tickets (some kind of $100-200 ticket with no receipt and thus no expenseability, and a $600-1000 ticket with expense reporting) would make sense, sort of like what HAL and CCC do.
patio11 14y ago
You should raise your freelancing rates. If you're in the Bay Area and can do Rails, market rates are well north of $100 an hour. Raising your rates will let you pay for many things, including inexpensive conferences that you can trivially write off.
emperorcezar 14y ago

raverbashing 14y ago

I have a personal view on conferences The higher level the issue debated, the less value there is in a conference (higher level - not necessarily 'closer to the metal') As such Python conference - sign me up! Django or Pylons conference - ok Pinax conference - don't waste my money Because it gets more specific, less flexible every time. A conference on CSS/HTML5? Looks cool. A conference on LESS? C'mon Especially for $300 dollars