start showing up and get off your couch w/ kent dodds
guest: kent c. dodds, teaches web development through epic web and epic react, runs epic web conf and epic web camp
- treat conferences as a tool to build real relationships, not just a place to pick up education you can get online
- if you want your company to send you to an event, frame it around solving a specific problem or finding talent, not just networking for yourself
- sponsors get more value from creative booth activities like giveaways than from passive setups where employees just sit at a laptop
- going to an event and paying your own way often makes you more engaged than when your company foots the bill
- build your professional bridge before you need it by showing up to meetups and conferences while things are still going well