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Google I/O 2013
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#42Has anyone used an Academic ticket while University Staff?
I'm a development engineer at a University, with University staff ID. I imagine I prove this with a pay stub, and staff ID?
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#43I've gone to I/O every year. They usually set aside presale tickets for regular attendees, so we don't get locked-out if they sell out. We're only a week away from general sales, but I haven't seen any information about I/ON registration yet. I hope they're still giving early access to tickets for I/ONs this year.
I too have been to every I/O, but the only year I ever got dibs on tickets was '10. I believe that '10 attendees who solved the puzzle on the t-shirts they gave out got dibs for '11, but I know of nobody who got dibs for '12.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
High priced tickets to any tech event kind of bug me. I just don't get it. I've always hated the trend of calling developers "rockstars" and I hate the trend of tech conferences being like rockstar concerts
Supply and demand is a simple process, really. You set tickets to price X and you get 10 times as many people wanting to attend than you have seats. What do you do next year? Lottery? Beauty contest? It's logical to raise the price in such a case. I don't think this is restricted to tech conferences. Unlike rock concerts though, it's hard to imagine Google is trying to actually make money from I/O tickets.
The only problem is that they are giving out products which surpasses the ticket prices.
People (with less money) genuinely interested in the development talks, establishing connections, getting to know fellow developers and have interesting conversations, would be a second rank citizen to the "tech enthusiast" with a lot of money to spend.
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#45I bet I'm not the only one that tried 1101 to start (13 in binary).
No you are not special.
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#46I've never been to Google I/O, could you please explain why people go there and what is the main focus of the event. Networking with Googlers? Networking with attendees? Make business with Google? for Googlers keynotes?
Free Google hardware ;)
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#47Can't wait for all the blogs crying about how they weren't able to get tickets, how it is a stupid event, how world is horrible, etc etc..
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Supply and demand is a simple process, really. You set tickets to price X and you get 10 times as many people wanting to attend than you have seats. What do you do next year? Lottery? Beauty contest? It's logical to raise the price in such a case. I don't think this is restricted to tech conferences. Unlike rock concerts though, it's hard to imagine Google is trying to actually make money from I/O tickets.
The only problem is that they are giving out products which surpasses the ticket prices. People (with less money) genuinely interested in the development talks, establishing connections, getting to know fellow developers and have interesting conversations, would be a second rank citizen to the "tech enthusiast" with a lot of money to spend.
:-) Good summary....
It does seem swamped by the swag hunters.
I've found that the I/O Extended event works out well... They hold them in many countries now, and live stream the keynotes. It's a great atmosphere, and you meet interesting people.
Outside of Extended, the tech talks/firesides should be streamed live via YouTube. It was a bit hit and miss last year... hope it's smoother this time.
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#49I've never been to Google I/O, could you please explain why people go there and what is the main focus of the event. Networking with Googlers? Networking with attendees? Make business with Google? for Googlers keynotes?
Free Google hardware ;)
that you basically paid with your registration fee
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#50Looking forward to seeing the recap videos on YouTube.