Submission + - Looking for developer conferences or education.
modi123 writes: "It's getting close to the middle of the year and I am looking for a developer conference or two I can get to on the company's dime to fill my educational quota.
TechEd in Orlando is out (I was the last yell 'not it' and I have to remain behind to man the system), my boss won't allow me to travel to TechEd Euro in Barcelona, and I am at a loss on where to go.
My areas of expertise is VB.NET, MSSQL, and application development. I dabble in AI, info sec, and GUI development.
Do you out there in ./Land have any suggestions where I can go?
Side note, I keep hearing about this 'defcon' thing — would that benifit an app developer, or is that mainly an overblown info sec experience?"
TechEd in Orlando is out (I was the last yell 'not it' and I have to remain behind to man the system), my boss won't allow me to travel to TechEd Euro in Barcelona, and I am at a loss on where to go.
My areas of expertise is VB.NET, MSSQL, and application development. I dabble in AI, info sec, and GUI development.
Do you out there in
Side note, I keep hearing about this 'defcon' thing — would that benifit an app developer, or is that mainly an overblown info sec experience?"
