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They make it sound like it is an honor to go to a developer conference. I guess. The only reason I was interested in going is that we are doing some complicated things with their APIs. I guess I am an old curmudgeon who would rather get work done than enter a contest with the hope of going to a conference (which is also work??)

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I can't speak for everyone, but the opportunity to learn from a bunch of incredibly smart developers and rub shoulders with peers is an honor for me. Plus, who can resist a geek goodie bag full of tech gadgets.

I can't afford to fly to the event or to buy a conference ticket, but I'm going to compete in the GAE one for sure. If I win, at least I will have gotten half way there this year. Hm, need to work for a company that cares (with their money and not their mouths) about education.

They've been giving out nice gifts at Google IO in the last few years, so a lot of people are hoping to get either an Android tablet or phone.

And what a shame that is. I would've liked to try and buy a ticket to go again, but I can't get out of my Parallel+Distributed exam the same day.

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