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I'm another one of the 10+ who got a 15% discount back in June and I
paid for this out of my own pocket. FYI: I'm an enterprise Java
consultant trying to introduce Ruby and Rails under the corporate radar.<br>
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ᅡᆪ500 is a lot to spend and only your own personal circumstances can
justify it or not, but I look at the outlay this way:<br>
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1) A 2 day Rails conference with RailsConf's calibre of presenter will
short-circuit countless 'off the corporate clock' late nights and
weekends of browsing and monkeying about just to find what's
interesting, effective, hot or not in the Rails / Ruby world.<br>
2) As Dan pointed out it's a great opportunity to network - find a
future employer, colleague, startup co-founder or open source project
co-contributer. All of which will help immensely if you decide to make
the jump into the Ruby / Rails world. You might even make a friend or
two.<br>
3) You will definitely meet some really interesting people with
backgrounds and careers quite dissimilar to your own.<br>
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Hope this helps...<br>
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Michael.<br>
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<pre wrap=""><!---->hard-earned cash¬タᆭ please tell me I am being tight and help me justify spending over ᅡᆪ500 on this > conference!
I paid out of my own pocket. I think 10+ people on this list got together and we got a 15% discount or something (see skillsmatter site). Anyway it worked out we paid 395 inclusive of VAT. And I'm not even a web developer, I am a tester who uses Ruby and Watir.
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