PDC05: I'm only there for the chicks.

September 12, 2005

Courtesy of my employer, I have the privilege of attending this year's Professional Developers Conference.

2005 Professional Developer's Conference logo

I've been to a few trade shows, but this is the first technical conference I've ever attended. I arrive Monday night, and I'm definitely looking forward to it. Particularly since the watershed release of VS.NET 2005 and SQL Server 2005 is literally right around the corner. And this is the magical third version of a Microsoft product -- heady times indeed!

In addition to the precipitous timing, this year's PDC is doubly sweet because Jim Allchin's Tuesday keynote will cover something we've been working on here at Vertigo!

Aw, who am I kidding. I'm only there for the chicks. Or the guys named Steve. Or Brian.

I'm selecting sessions solely based on blogs I enjoy with no regard whatsoever for topic. I was surprised how few names in the session list I actually recognized; I guess I expected every presenter to be a blogger. But it does mean that I'll be seeing you, Panopticon Central, and you, Virtual PC Guy, and you, Mr. Performance Tidbits. And perhaps I'll cap it all off with the brothers Sells. I've also been told that The Microsoft Experience is not to be missed, so I'll be there too.

If anyone's looking for me at the PDC, just keep an eye out for a mildly overweight middle-aged white guy wearing glasses. I'll try to wear my .NET polo shirt so I really stand out.

Posted by Jeff Atwood
6 Comments

AHHHH... booth babes!! Nice!! :)

Just to be crystal clear on this, I was joking! See the "Steve" and "Bruce" links in the post for more.

No, that would be figuratively, damn it.

That depends on your definition of "around the corner", so I ain't changing it.

Jeff Atwood on September 12, 2005 2:58 AM

"the watershed release of VS.NET 2005 and SQL Server 2005 is literally right around the corner" No, that would be figuratively, damn it.

Anal Dash on September 12, 2005 9:34 AM

AHHHH... booth babes!! Nice!! :)

Enjoy PDC you lucky dog. Keep the PDC blog entries coming for us devs that had to stay home.

Chris Woodruff on September 12, 2005 11:28 AM

http://www.google.com/search?q=women+in+computer+science+blog

Maria Klawe presented some sobering facts - computer science is the only field in science and engineering where participation of women has gone down over the last 25 years

Which makes you wonder what the other fields are doing right..?

Jeff Atwood on September 15, 2005 7:42 AM

There were chicks there? I only saw you! However, it was great to see you there.

Rob on September 23, 2005 5:44 AM

There were chicks there?

Yes, a few! And I was all like "who let them in here?!"

Be strong, my brother.

Jeff Atwood on September 24, 2005 1:35 PM

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