Re:Conference Speakers, Check Your Egos
by odiroot on Friday September 20, 2019 @01:55PM
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> Conferences don't exist to convey information.
This, for me, is the only reason to go to conferences. Watching presentation on YouTube is just not engaging enough and I drift away.
I don't care about being seen and I'm definitely not going there to "see" any specific persona.
All in all (I am talking about tech conferences here) they're a way for me to gauge the current development in my industry.
On top of that I specifically and without exception avoid all off-topic/non-technical talks. Maybe if more people did so we could have better conferences.
This, for me, is the only reason to go to conferences. Watching presentation on YouTube is just not engaging enough and I drift away.
I don't care about being seen and I'm definitely not going there to "see" any specific persona.
All in all (I am talking about tech conferences here) they're a way for me to gauge the current development in my industry.
On top of that I specifically and without exception avoid all off-topic/non-technical talks. Maybe if more people did so we could have better conferences.