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  • Re: Visiting Taiwan for w

    From Robert Wolfe@VERT/KLYNTAR to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 07:49:00

    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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