Google IO is $900-ish, and sold via lottery. On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Stephen Price <step...@perthprojects.com> wrote:
> 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 >>>> >>> -- w: http://jcooney.net t: @josephcooney
