On Aug 08, 2026 08:06am, POINDEXTER FORTRAN wrote to NIGHTFOX:

Nightfox wrote to phigan <=-

I doubt it, mainly because in my experience, companies like to

try to

avoid paying for travel expenses if possible since it can be

expensive.

I just left a job supporting wind and solar farms, and the

expectation

was 50% travel. Not to exciting places, but mostly rural areas

in the

midwest.

I did get to go to Port Hardy in British Columbia, though -

stunning.

I miss in-person conferences (and the schwag). I loved when

the first

schwag you'd pick up was a backpack to fit all of the other

schwag in.

Going to an online conference with "virtual schwag" just

doesn't cut

it.

The first in-person conference I ever went to was the Red Hat one
held in Boston back in 2019 for work. Was a great chance to go to a
city I've never been to up until that point. Best parts were the
pet adoption booth (the conference theme was "Experience the
PAWSibilities.") and crashing a party by showing our con badges and
saying we were part of the automation group. :) I might even have
that badge floating around.
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