> These gatherings are most likely for people sponsored by their employers, don't > imagine participants come out of it $500 smarter then they went in. If it makes > you feel good to hang out for 5 minutes with "the big guys" then borrow money and > go, if learning is your goal, a good book and mostly practice will get you there.
Consider that many of these "good books" you speak of are written by people whom are speaking at the conference :) John -- -~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~- John Coggeshall http://www.coggeshall.org/ john at coggeshall dot org The PHP Developer's Handbook The definitive PHP5 developer's guide http://www.php-handbook.com/ -~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~--~=~- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
