As somebody who manages developers, I let them choose their own conferences/classes and if they can come up with a justification of how it will improve their wo

As somebody who manages developers, I let them choose their own conferences/classes and if they can come up with a justification of how it will improve their work performance I pay for it. I haven't had anyone try and justify me paying for clown college. Regardless, our people are salaried, they get paid to take time off and go to conferences, and they can get paid for clown college too if that's how they choose to spend their time.