Totally makes sense, but what I can guarantee is that the $500 would have yielded priceless relationships and connections. Not to say the sats or gift for the mrs wasn’t worth it, but in the same way that you pay for life’s necessities even when you could still stack more with the money in theory, just going to one of these events would be great. Not to mention the “mental health” benefits 😂
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Yes for sure! One thing that I’ve become keenly aware of in my life as I consider ways to pivot out of a dead end job and into other opportunities is, while I have been disciplined on the financial capital side of things and done the best I can at my level, I have underperformed on building social capital.
Social capital > financial capital imho, though both are extremely important. The new year will be better and I am rooting for you mate 🫡🤝
One thing that would be ideal for pulling the trigger on going to a conference is knowing that a guy is going there to meet a few known contacts who are going to be there. I had visions of going to Calgary by myself, watching a few panels, walking the floor and ultimately having to rely on luck to really connect with a few people to hang with away from the conference. I can imagine there’s a definite stratification between average conference goers and the cool kids/OG’s on the panels. Guess I’ll find out this summer.