Seems like the norm. The Apple event WWDC costs 1599 USD and includes access to five days of sessions, hands-on labs, and special events. I dare say most people who go, have a company sending them so it comes out of a training budget.
Its a double (triple?) sting for a sole developer who works for themselves... Event ticket, flight, accommodation AND a week off work. But... it's tax deductible, fun, educational, social, and you get a whole week away from your normal distractions to focus on all things dev. I could just stay home and watch training videos for a week, but if I stayed home, would I? Definitely not. On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 at 10:36 DotNet Dude <adotnetd...@gmail.com> wrote: > I find white collars tighter than blue collars by a long shot. Probably > also has something to do with the fact that dev tools can become > obsolete pretty quickly. > > Anyway $2k for an event? Give me a break > > > On Friday, 23 October 2015, Stephen Price <step...@perthprojects.com> > wrote: > >> Yeah, Developers (like many people) are tight arses / poor bastards. I >> almost didn't go because of the ticket price, but got a Bizspark discount. >> Microsoft need a freelancer/sole dev ticket price for the non corporate >> people who are paying for it themselves. >> >> It also extends into tools. How many devs I've met who are too tight to >> fork out a couple of hundred for their own Resharper license etc. It's the >> tools of your trade for fucks sake! If you were a carpenter, you'd have >> your own tools. People spend thousands on hardware and then go all tight >> arsed on software and demand it to be Free (with a capital F)... /facepalm >> >> So you order yourself a new Surface? I'm hoping I get mine before I head >> off to Ignite. Ordered Surface Book, best specs I could get. Shiny! >> >> On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 at 07:21 David Connors <da...@connors.com> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 at 16:10 Stephen Price <step...@perthprojects.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Anyone on the list going to Ignite and want to do a drinks and/or >>>> Indian meetup? >>>> >>> >>> Looks like it is just you and me again for the umpteenth year. >>> >>> -- >>> David Connors >>> da...@connors.com | @davidconnors | LinkedIn | +61 417 189 363 >>> >>
