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Rules for conferences

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Rules for Conferences

Face-to-face interaction is by far the most valuable part of a conference, so: Don’t attend any talk that’s being recorded. You’ll get all the same info in 10% the time by skipping through the video later. Use the time to go meet people. Caveat: if attending the talk will let you meet the speaker (usually it won’t), and you’re dying to meet them, you should go. What if you have a question for the speaker? Email them after you watch the video. Then you get to correspond with them instead of being a faceless voice in their audience. Don’t eat any meal alone. Ideally, get food with a friend and a

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