RE: [PHP] PHP|Con insane pricing

> Yea its not bad if you dont have a life outside of programming and/or > computers > > if you have kids or other responsibilities then all of a > sudden 500$ becomes > a very large issue as thats a months groceries or what not... > > heh yea the average salary is 50K but then when the > government takes 40% (if > your canadian) that is not a whole lot I'm sure that, like most conferences and trainings, the assumption is that people will attend who are either employed in the subject area -- in which case they need to get their employers to ante up -- or are independent contractors in the subject area -- in which case they need to treat it as a legitimate business expense for tax purposes. It's not a "friends of PHP" sci-fi con...