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Re:Ask HN: What are the best developer conferences for 2015? by akoumjian on Thursday January 01, 2015 @07:11PM (#8824888)
PyCon (https://us.pycon.org/2015/) is always a blast. It's large, but has an amazing sense of community. You will find at least three or four amazing talks each day, on a variety of subjects. The posters area will expose you to all kinds of cool academic and other projects. The Expo Hall is always full of hip companies (giving away lots of great SWAG, of course).

I guarantee you will leave inspired.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the best developer conferences for 2015? by JoshTriplett on Thursday January 01, 2015 @07:56PM (#8825021)
I'm going to PyCon for the first time this year (presenting on how to port Python to run without an OS). I've been to quite a few other FOSS conferences; any tips for PyCon, since it sounds like you've been before?
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Re:Ask HN: What are the best developer conferences for 2015? by akoumjian on Friday January 02, 2015 @07:35PM (#8829381)
The testing "birds of a feather" is not to be missed. In general, don't be afraid to step out of your shell and introduce yourself to other pythonistas. One of the friendliest conferences there is.

Your talk sounds fantastic. I'll try to make it and introduce myself.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the best developer conferences for 2015? by RevolverOce on Thursday January 01, 2015 @10:08PM (#8825335)
Any Idea how much this will cost? I am a student in college and I was interested in going to PyCon since python was my first programming language -- and do Students have a different rate than regular tickets?
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Re:Ask HN: What are the best developer conferences for 2015? by agf on Thursday January 01, 2015 @11:01PM (#8825452)
Student tickets are $125, Individual / Enthusiast tickets $350, and Corporate tickets $600 (https://us.pycon.org/2015/registration/)
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Re:Ask HN: What are the best developer conferences for 2015? by bgar on Friday January 02, 2015 @01:48AM (#8825833)
You can apply for financial aid and go for free. I did that for PyCon 2013.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the best developer conferences for 2015? by gracer on Thursday January 01, 2015 @07:41PM (#8824969)
Of course! Thanks - great tip.
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