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Thanks for writing this! I’m realizing now just how much more important it is to build in-person connections in this current era.

I do prefer this title.

Dang, the person reapplied with another name?! Anyhow great take. And I agree on the alternative title. I’ve been mentoring a couple junior devs looking for work. I keep telling them they need to be meeting people irl. But they don’t seem to get it.

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Very smartly titled blog post as always! 📚

Brooke still talks about that

But still not enough to hit that follow back button? 😜

Couldn’t agree more 👍 makes me think about attending one of those conferences :)

[unrelated] time for you guys to update the remix tutorial to include bsky handles and not just twitter? :)

I am definitely beginning to understand this more. One other important thing is that once you make it to a conference you then have to just throw yourself in to speaking to other people even if at first it can feel awkward 😅 I like the sound of a conference actually helping attendees do this 👍

This post is everything why I need to bring back Ibadan Techies

You can do it!

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When applying for jobs, I realized that a personal, a bit funny and obviously human-written cover letter cut through the noize way better than a more thorough and formal cover letter. Probably because it stood out way more against the AI written cover letters I was competing with.

Thanks! It's not priced out yet. It'll be Monday-Thursday (with an optional UtahJS conf ticket on Friday) and lodging and meals are included. So it's a lot of value there. But I'm hoping to secure enough sponsorship so tickets are less than $1k

You got this

I just recently had someone tell me that in person conferences were a waste of time. I didn't agree at all, but it's really nice to have someone articulate some strong reasons as to why.

Yea, knowing well your domain aria isn’t enough anymore, you need to also show to world what you can do.