Is AWS re:Invent worth paying your own way to go

Question

My employer isn&rsquo;t able to pay for me to attend the AWS re:Invent conference in person. However, I&rsquo;m considering paying my own way there. It&rsquo;s a bit expensive to attend in person, but I was curious if folks who have attended have found value. I see it as a potential good way to gain some knowledge and network with individuals doing work similar to me.I&rsquo;ve been doing cloud-native development for the past 3-4 years now primarily using serverless technologies like Lambda, DybamoDB, step functions, S3 etc to build mission-critical applications. I&rsquo;m always interested in learning new things and networking. AWS, cloud computing, and serverless computing are areas I am passionate about.

yuppie_scum · Accepted Answer

It&rsquo;s fun, but I can think of a lot more fun and interesting ways to spend $2000-3000. Also all the sessions end up free on YouTube.

borplk · Answer

Short answer: No. Long answer: No.The price assumes your cashed up employer is paying. It doesn't make sense as a personal expense just for learning.

is_true · Answer

If you want to learn new things wait till they upload the videos to YouTube. That way you can learn at your own pace

Is AWS re:Invent worth paying your own way to go

It’s fun, but I can think of a lot more fun and interesting ways to spend $2000-3000. Also all the sessions end up free on YouTube.

Short answer: No. Long answer: No.
The price assumes your cashed up employer is paying. It doesn't make sense as a personal expense just for learning.

If you want to learn new things wait till they upload the videos to YouTube. That way you can learn at your own pace