I'm a software engineer with experience across the software development lifecycle. My primary interest is software development methodologies and software process improvement.
I'm curious about 3. I've been a member of two organizations for over 10 years, yet I've never gone to a conference. It's not that I haven't wanted to, of course. When I was a student, I really didn't have the money to travel for one (especially internationally). When I was working (especially when I had limited vacation time in a year), it was hard to justify not only the cost but using the vacation time, since my company wouldn't pay for the trip.
Do you associate membership in a professional organization (like the ACM or IEEE) mostly with conferences?
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I'm curious about 3. I've been a member of two organizations for over 10 years, yet I've never gone to a conference. It's not that I haven't wanted to, of course. When I was a student, I really didn't have the money to travel for one (especially internationally). When I was working (especially when I had limited vacation time in a year), it was hard to justify not only the cost but using the vacation time, since my company wouldn't pay for the trip.
Do you associate membership in a professional organization (like the ACM or IEEE) mostly with conferences?