It’s typically a training event paid by the employer.
Like...I dunno, it does seem like a lot. But JSWorld was apparently 250EUR for a one-day ticket, so it comes out a slightly worse value.
VueJS Amsterdam is two days for 700 EUR - so that's a considerably worse value. React Miami is $550USD for two days, so that's also a little worse.
PyCon, on the other hand, is substantially cheaper - nine whole days for only $450USD.
These conferences can be expensive because the costs are not directly paid for by attendes
Something doesn't make sense with these prices here.
Conferences come in two types - the ones that are cheap (to attract average people) and the ones that are super expensive (that corporations pay to send staff to).
E.g. the blackhat security conference in las vegas cost $2900 usd.
Meanwhile CCC standard tickets are 175€..
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BiraIgnacio•8mo ago