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all of you are dev's that seem pretty active with conferences, what are your thoughts on the amount of conferences to attend/speak at?
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It’s a personal and professional decision. Know what you and/or your company hopes to get out of your speaking or attending. Start off slow and add more if you feel comfortable, it’s easy to get overwhelmed.
I would agree with all of this! It's really up to the individual. My advice, go to conferences you are going to gain something from. Whether you are attending or speaking, make sure your are going to benefit from it in some way otherwise you will run yourself down and spend a lot of time and possibly money for no reason.
When it comes to speaking, it can be easy when you are doing CFPs to think you can handle a bunch and stack them up bc you have so much time to do everything. Well let me tell you, when all those conferences are suddenly right around the corner it can easily overwhelm you like Laurie mentioned. If you are applying to speak, especially giving new talks, do it slowly and pace yourself.
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@molly_struve , @amcaplan , @laurieontech , @vaidehijoshi all of you are dev's that seem pretty active with conferences, what are your thoughts on the amount of conferences to attend/speak at?
It’s a personal and professional decision. Know what you and/or your company hopes to get out of your speaking or attending. Start off slow and add more if you feel comfortable, it’s easy to get overwhelmed.
I would agree with all of this! It's really up to the individual. My advice, go to conferences you are going to gain something from. Whether you are attending or speaking, make sure your are going to benefit from it in some way otherwise you will run yourself down and spend a lot of time and possibly money for no reason.
When it comes to speaking, it can be easy when you are doing CFPs to think you can handle a bunch and stack them up bc you have so much time to do everything. Well let me tell you, when all those conferences are suddenly right around the corner it can easily overwhelm you like Laurie mentioned. If you are applying to speak, especially giving new talks, do it slowly and pace yourself.