Would you please take this interchange off the air? There is such a thing as private email. My inbox is choked with this stuff which is, in my opinion, off topic.
On Apr 25, 2012, at 5:56 PM, Wade Tregaskis wrote: >> I filed a bug report under "other" asking them to increase the numbers of >> attendees at future WWDC. > > I thought this for a long time, but then came to the realisation that what's > really valuable about WWDC just doesn't scale: access to Apple engineers. > > This wasn't always the case. The WWDC presentations used to be jealously > guarded treasures. Now they're much more readily available. There's still > some benefit to actually attending - you'll be able to access sessions from > the conference indefinitely, rather than only for a year or two afterwards - > and there are networking aspects and 3rd party events etc. But I think these > pale in comparison to the exclusive utility of Apple engineer access. > > I'd even go so far as to say that today, if you're not spending most of your > time in the labs or otherwise hunting down people to address specific issues, > you're detracting from the common good (in the sense that there's a lot of > others out there who missed out on WWDC tickets who would be doing just that, > in your place). > > Likewise for people that walk into the labs and say things like "So I just > opened Xcode for the first time - how's it work?". As an Apple engineer > working the labs a couple of years, I have to admit I really dreaded that > level of question, on so many levels. I couldn't fathom how someone could > throw down thousands of dollars to attend a conference yet not be enough into > development to actually use and know a bit about the tools involved. > Treating the developer labs like CS 101 is the most expensive class you'll > ever pay for. > > Keep in mind that if you sufficiently impress an Apple engineer, whether by > being generally clever / entertaining / generous / interesting - all largely > functions of the type of problem you go to them with - then some will be > willing to give you their direct contact details, and you can follow up with > them after the conference. Maybe even on other issues, and some time later. > And they can use that time to really dig into your issue, back in their > office, and give you a precise answer you just can't get in a face-to-face > meeting. > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/3tothe4th%40comcast.net > > This email sent to [email protected] Charlie Dickman [email protected] _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
