# Ruby/Rails Conference

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-rails-conference/82660>\
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**Created:** [January 19, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-rails-conference/82660 "2007-01-19T17:16:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ruben\_DSOrduz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a88e4f/32.png) [@Ruben\_DSOrduz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ruben_DSOrduz)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-rails-conference/82660/1 "2007-01-19T17:16:11Z")

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Hey guys,

I was able to convince my employer to pay for me to attend either  
RailsConf or RubyCon or Rails Edge (even though we’re a .Net shop with  
no plans to deploy Rails anytime soon). Have any of you attended any  
of them and can would you suggest attending one?

Thx.

P.S.: Didn’t post this in either Rails or Ruby-lang’s mailing list  
because I didn’t want to get like 1000000000000 responses our of which  
9999999999999 are people fighting each other.

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**Author:** ![Ruben\_DSOrduz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a88e4f/32.png) [@Ruben\_DSOrduz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ruben_DSOrduz)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-rails-conference/82660/2 "2007-01-19T17:20:14Z")

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On Jan 19, 2007, at 11:15 AM, Ruben D. Orduz wrote:

> Hey guys,
> 
> I was able to convince my employer to pay for me to attend either  
> RailsConf or RubyCon or Rails Edge (even though we’re a .Net shop with  
> no plans to deploy Rails anytime soon). Have any of you attended any  
> of them and can would you suggest attending one?

I attended RailsConf and RubyConf last year, and they were both great  
learning experiences. I’m going to RailsEdge next week, and I know I  
won’t be let down. Do everything you can to convince your employer  
to pay for you to go.

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**Author:** ![Ruben\_DSOrduz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a88e4f/32.png) [@Ruben\_DSOrduz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ruben_DSOrduz)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-rails-conference/82660/3 "2007-01-19T20:27:46Z")

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> I was able to convince my employer to pay for me to attend either  
> RailsConf or RubyCon or Rails Edge (even though we’re a .Net shop with  
> no plans to deploy Rails anytime soon). Have any of you attended any  
> of them and can would you suggest attending one?

I attended all three. It really depends on what you’re looking to get  
out of the conference. If you want to improve your skills with Rails  
and Ruby, I’d suggest Rails Edge especially if someone is footing the  
bill. I like all three for different reasons and will attend both  
RailsConf 2007 and RubyConf 2007 on my own dime.

Cheers,  
Marty

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**Author:** ![Ruben\_DSOrduz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a88e4f/32.png) [@Ruben\_DSOrduz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ruben_DSOrduz)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-rails-conference/82660/4 "2007-01-20T03:45:45Z")

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Bryan and Marty,

Thanks a lot for your input. As I said, I already convinced my  
employer to send me to either of those. I’d love to attend Rails Edge  
with Dave T. & Co. but it’s too close–datewise. I’ll probably  
head to Oregon to RailsConf as it sounds pretty interesting as well.