08.17.2023 - By Steve Jones
I've been very lucky in life to go to many conferences throughout my career. I've gone as both an attendee and a speaker, and I have found them to be valuable in helping me continue to grow and thrive in my career. This is across many employers, some of which I don't think had particularly great benefits. Plenty of people I worked with did not get to attend any conferences, and some of them felt resentful. I understand that, but I think that many employers are willing to invest in training and conferences when there is a return for them. I started going to ComNet in DC, as a young professional wanting to learn. It was close enough to drive up and go for the free day and then return home. A few colleagues and I would make the trip once a year and talk with vendors, chat with attendees, and learn more about computer networking. Across a couple of years, we had moved from thinnet and thicknet to ethernet and IPX to IP, and this was a place where those technologies, and many more, were being discussed. Read the rest of Taking Advantage of Conferences