I attended a Southwest Fox Conference when I was working at MicroStar but the company was affected by the economy and is not doing well and I couldn't go to any more of the conferences. It was great!!!!
I wish I could attend another one. If I get more money later I will pay for my own way and attend the next one if they are still around next year. David Almada - Database Manager Email: davidalm...@sbcglobal.net Website: www.dalmada.com Phone: 619-295-5535 San Diego, California - Databases: FoxPro/SQL/MS-Access Data Translation - Information Extraction - Migrating Applications -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 6:28 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: Help save SouthWest Fox!! On Jun 20, 2013, at 8:07 AM, Ted Roche <tedro...@gmail.com> wrote: > When we were actively developing VFP, Laura and I attended at least > one conference a year, 1993-2004, and sometimes as many as five (!) > and never, never did we feel a single one was a waste of the money we > spent. In nearly every session, we would walk away with new knowledge > we could apply to a customer situation or solve an existing issue. The > contacts we made helped us reach out for help and support and brought in business. For the bulk of my VFP career, I was an independent consultant. So going to a conference meant paying my own registration, hotel, airfare, meals, etc., and still I went to at least two a year: DevCon and at least one regional conference. Like Ted, I can say that every one resulted in either me growing as a developer, or making contacts that brought in more business, or (usually) both. Since I've moved to the Python world, I attend as many conferences as I can. I've been to the last 10 (wow! it's been that long!) US PyCons, and in a week I head out to speak at PyCon Australia. One of the things that attracted to me about Python was that there is a strong, vibrant community, as strong as the VFP community ever was. At both VFP and Python conferences, I've met interesting people and forged friendships that have lasted to this day. So if you have an opportunity to go, even if it means a bit of sacrifice, by all means go. You will not regret it. -- Ed Leafe [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/010701ce6dfd$9ac46a00$d04d3e00$@sbcglobal.net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
