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Why developers should go to conferences

11 points| burtthedirt | 12 years ago |mat-mcloughlin.net

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[+] dingaling|12 years ago|reply
> They are often expensive affairs and its hard to justify the cost and time you will need off to your boss.

s/hard/impossible/

'The VP says we have an O'Reilly books online subscription, use that instead'.

I am not joking.

[+] distilled|12 years ago|reply
I had the same experience with my previous employer. I made sure I negotiated at least two conferences per year with my current employer.