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Interesting, I didn't realize this kind of thing happened. Most of the conferences I go to do have social events in bars or restaurants, sometimes with open bar

Interesting, I didn't realize this kind of thing happened. Most of the conferences I go to do have social events in bars or restaurants, sometimes with open bars, but they don't really have an "epic party, man!" kind of feel, or sloppy-drunk people. Culturally dependent, maybe? In much of Europe it's normal to socialize in a bar or restaurant at lunch or dinner or afterwards. But you'd be having some wine or beer and/or food in some kind of reasonable establishment and chatting, not slamming back vodka shots while a DJ plays through huge speakers, at least if the attendees are mostly post-university-age.

untothebreach 13y ago
None of the conferences I've been to (in the U.S.) have been like he describes either. The post is from 2012, and if I remember correctly, especially then, there was a stereotype of the Ruby community for having more than it's share of "brogrammers," so maybe it's a community thing?
- donw 13y ago
  Have been to several Ruby conferences over the past year, and I've never seen this sort of thing during a conference. The after-parties can get a little nuts, but those aren't handled by the organizers -- and it'd be more than a little asinine to tell a group of adults what they can and can't do in their spare time.
  - untothebreach 13y ago
    That's good to know. I definitely did not mean to imply that the Ruby community was "the problem."
    - donw 13y ago
      No worries -- I didn't interpret it that way at all.
  - dictum 13y ago
    >It'd be more than a little asinine to tell a group of adults what they can and can't do in their spare time. I take it you haven't used this global network called Internet, and your comment was sent through some kind of SMS proxy.
cmiles74 13y ago
I agree, I haven't experienced this either. Indeed, there are many after-hour events that take place at bars or brew pubs but it wasn't a big drunken mess. I also wonder if it might be an age thing, when I was in my twenties it often seemed like drunken-ess was the end-goal.

untothebreach 13y ago

None of the conferences I've been to (in the U.S.) have been like he describes either. The post is from 2012, and if I remember correctly, especially then, there was a stereotype of the Ruby community for having more than it's share of "brogrammers," so maybe it's a community thing?

donw 13y ago
Have been to several Ruby conferences over the past year, and I've never seen this sort of thing during a conference. The after-parties can get a little nuts, but those aren't handled by the organizers -- and it'd be more than a little asinine to tell a group of adults what they can and can't do in their spare time.
- untothebreach 13y ago
  That's good to know. I definitely did not mean to imply that the Ruby community was "the problem."
  - donw 13y ago
    No worries -- I didn't interpret it that way at all.
- dictum 13y ago
  >It'd be more than a little asinine to tell a group of adults what they can and can't do in their spare time. I take it you haven't used this global network called Internet, and your comment was sent through some kind of SMS proxy.

cmiles74 13y ago

I agree, I haven't experienced this either. Indeed, there are many after-hour events that take place at bars or brew pubs but it wasn't a big drunken mess. I also wonder if it might be an age thing, when I was in my twenties it often seemed like drunken-ess was the end-goal.