This reminded me of this phenomenal @aphyr series:
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That is complex awesome, but it misses the point if your significant other and/or family doesn’t want to go there :)
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I get the sentiment and agree, but there are a ton of reasons why your employer might not want you to do this in your spare time, e.g. if the conference has got nothing to do with your line of work, or there’s a generous budget you’ve already spent, or whatever
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So, what am I missing? Are there more people who can make it to weekend conferences? Is it related to how “professional” the topic is? Is it an age or gender thing?
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OTOH, many people (including me) spend a lot of time working during the week, like to spend weekends with their families, and thus avoid conference events on weekends.
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I get that not everyone can go visit a conference on company time, and some (or maybe many or even most) have to use their free time to do so. I don’t think it’s a huge difference whether you’re going for a weekend or use two days of vacation, though?
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I have to admit I don’t really understand why people schedule IT conferences on weekends, at least not in countries that have reasonable vacation policies.
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Have you ever considered that your interest in topics like this and, say, the Scala type system might have the same roots?
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In other words, just make sure your binary format is as popular and ubiquitous and you’ll be fine :)
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Thanks! Completely forgot @mtnygard has written about this, though I’m pretty sure now that I read it back then. Perfect.
Not really sure what you are looking for, but maybe you can find some hints in this blog michaelnygard.com/blog/2018/…
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