Re: Re: PHP|Con insane pricing

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:22:05 -0700 "Jeremy Brand, B.S." <jeremy@nirvani.net> wrote: > Thanks to everyone for their responses, though I still have not > found a way to get to the conference at a reasonable price (what I > consider reasonable). > > If anyone has any comments other than justifying the price of the > conference, like a friends of php list I can get on so I can > attend it would be greatly appreciated. I feel like I would > actually add value by being there, not only in supporting my > friends who are doing speaking at the conference, but also in > helping to evangelize php and help newbies with questions/fud/etc. These gatherings are most likely for people sponsored by their employers, don't imagine participants come out of it $500 smarter then they went in. If it makes you feel good to hang out for 5 minutes with "the big guys" then borrow money and go, if learning is your goal, a good book and mostly practice will get you there. I used to read about these RedHat certification 2-3 days sessions for around $2000, does anyone in his/hers right mind believe he/she can become a Linux system administrator in 3 days? > > Thanks. > Jeremy > > > Jeremy Brand, B.S. wrote: > > Does anyone know a way to attend the PHP|con west as an observer in > > Santa Clara, CA, US on Oct. 23rd without spending tons of ca$h? > > > > The pricing seems insane, and geared towards people with lots of spare > > money... > > > > I would love to hear specifically the Advanced track on Oct. 23 (Michael > > Radwin, Sterling, Thies, George Schlossnagle and JimW), but I'm not going > > to shell out $495 (the cheapest non-student rate) for it. > > > > Thanks, > > Jeremy > > > > > -- > "Prediction is very difficult, especially of the future." > Niels Bohr > http://www.nirvani.net > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- Andu