Employer gave me a conference budget for next year. Can I get suggestions? I've never looked into them before. I'm a js/c# dev, but I think we can go to conferences like Google I/O if we like. Which ones do you like or suggest I look into attending? |
Employer gave me a conference budget for next year. Can I get suggestions? I've never looked into them before. I'm a js/c# dev, but I think we can go to conferences like Google I/O if we like. Which ones do you like or suggest I look into attending? |
Going to a developer conference as a developer might seem like an obvious choice but going to an event with a slightly different though still adjacent topic might provide a better learning experience and allow you to get to know people from outside your usual circle of interest.
Design conferences are particularly intriguing for developers. I can highly recommend both Reasons to: (https://reasons.to) and beyond tellerrand (https://beyondtellerrand.com/). Both have a similar background and deal with design and web topics as overarching themes with talks ranging from front-end technology in general, data visualisation, to typography and art (as of lately including quite a bit of generative art).
Events like that can be very inspiring and they can provide you with insights from other subject areas that you would've never thought to have an impact on your daily work.
I always wanted to go to a hacker conference in the Netherlands that happen every 4 years (hip'97 / etc...) but I never can make it because always happens something... like getting married, having babies, etc... I guess going to Defcon would be a "safer" bet.
My favorite talk from this year was about implementing an algorithm for HDR photography purely in Microsoft Excel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkQJdaGGVM8