DevCon in Denver
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Ever spend two hours with twelve nerds, trying to decide which type of
food, and which restaurant you'd like to visit, then listening to three of
them argue about *which* Szechuan place is the best in this city, and how
they wrap their eggrolls? Well, add $75 for the Dev Con notes, and that's
what you'll be missing. 🙂
hehehe…well, I work with a group of really bright people. No matter what
the technical issue, we can always determine the best way to do things.
The *only* thing we can't decide everyday is where to go to lunch. 🙂
Steve
Well, now, John – I met some awfully nice people at DevCon, but I did spend
one evening doing pretty much what you describe. EVen then, several of the
group were very interesting, I thought.
Betty
Betty, how DO most DevCons normally go, in terms of day-to-day
activities? Do they keep you really busy?
I was counting the costs of getting out there. United and American today
charge $479 for weekend travel. ($50 less otherwise). The hotel will be
probably $250-$300. Then there is food, which could be as much as $100. And
then there is DevCon itself which is $350 or so. That makes $1,200. Yikes!
— Ethan
Ethan, I have attended only one DevCon. The hotel there was about $120 per
night, I think – double. For the single room I had to have, it was just
over $100 including tax, as best i recall. DevCon is to last four days,
and you will have to arrive the afternoon before the conference starts –
and probably will have to stay over until Sunday to get the best airfares,
so count on either five or six nights at the hotel. Quite a lot of the
meals are furnished as part of the cost. They usually have rolls and
coffee, orange juice, etc., available before and between the morning
sessions. Some days there were light snack-type items furnished during the
lunch time but not always. Some evening meals were furnished; others were
not. But I suspect you can count on the total cost being over $1000.
This is just guesswork – I don't know any of the details yet.
During the day, there are three or four sessions each hour, and you have to
choose the one you want most. These run from about 8 AM until about 6 PM,
but the evenings are free unless there are dinners to attend. The computer
room is open most of the evenings, and sometimes just about all night.
Some people didn't sleep enough to NEED a room! Also, lots of the
developers find friends and double up on those rooms to cut costs. Be
creative and see what you can come up with.
John:
But I always thought Sushi was much better than Szechuan! (although
Szechuan would be my second choice!)
-Mike Schiller
In sunny Fort Lauderdale
John,
Sounds like you were at the same DevCon I was. BTW, which way do you
prefer your eggroll rolled?
Victor A. Wagner, Jr.
Rolled well, of course. There's always someone ready to explain how they
roll them in some dive in San Francisco, where all the *real* hackers go.
Gag me with ohashi.
Guess I'll never be a *real* hacker; only thing I find less appealing than
the idea of eating oriental (especially raw fish), is going all the way to
San Francisco to eat oriental raw fish. <sigh> –Eet–
Heck, *I'm* a real hacker and can't stand *any* of the types of food these
guys apparently eet. I mean Eat. For me, it's Pizza and Cheese Steaks all
the way, except you can't get a decent cheese steak outside the Philly
area, so that's always a problem when I go on trips.
Pizza, however, is universal. 🙂
Hey, John… can you say, "Snob"? <grin>. Careful, or I'll start telling
people what I saw you wearing at SIGGRAPH (hey, who said I could't
hyperbolize a bit? 🙂 –Eet–