How Do I Get the Most Out of a Developer Conference or Event?

How do I get the most out of the conference I will be attending? Should I even attend developer conferences? Am I going to learn a lot attending a conference? Should I try to convince my boss to send me to a conference? These are the questions we are going to answer in today's episode of Dev Questions.

[delw]

I am going to Visual Studio Live in San Diego this year, it has been canceled for the last two years. I like to look at the sessions ahead of time and pick the ones that I can use in my job or that I might be able to implement at work. I also make sure not to make any major changes at work the week before, so I wont be interrupted while I am there. I also share everything I can with my employees when I get back.

[pierreplourde]

You are so right about online conferences vs in person: it is way too easy to tune out or get distracted watching an online speaker compared to being there in person.

[dindjarin]

Hı teacher, do you plan to make a video lesson about IComparer & IEqualityComparer interface?

[DalTron]

Talking to other devs is really great and while I haven't gone to an event or conference, I have talked to a senor developer who works in my same field and his knowledge/advice is really good. However, he has multiple more years in development than I do and he is really hard to understand because I don't have the baseline knowledge to keep up. Though it is still worth it to talk to him and learn how he does things.

[AhmedAlsabsab]

Hi Mr. Tim, I'm a huge fan from long time ago. I would really appreciate a video on Clean Architecture with .NET 6 and your opinion about it and how it would benefit us if we switch from 3-Tier or N-Tier architecture.
The resources out there is not enough.
Thanks in advance.

[pqners]

Great video, one short question do you have a video when to use static and non static classes? I dont found one, so its something for your suggestion page? Im not full confident when to use them and to be sure I use most of the time non static classes to avoid any problems.

[michelchaghoury]

could you do in the future demos like the ones on NET and C# but on SQL Server (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, DBA stuff, etc..) Please and keep going

[Kevmoens]

Conferences are reinvigorating. It changed my perspective mentally about my career. I have also found hackathons very useful. Conferences are for big ideas. Hackathons are great for quick exposure to a new tech stack. They both give you the day dreaming effect and networking. Have you ever gone to a Hackathon?

[john_yeager]

Guys its ok if i dont understand the settings i write(copy-paste) in program.cs? Furtthemore i feel trash when i go to ducumendation and paste the code and modified for me i can not learn them and feel bad because i am looking job in this sector for some years now, also tim ig you see this can you make a video about json patch i tried everything but just doesnt work ty (sry for my english)

[usmanfarooq_dev]

We have a lot of developers in Pakistan. But unfortunately there are no much conferences or dev meetups. I wish we had some dev gatherings near to us.