Yeah I came within a hairās breadth of going to #bitcoinrodeo in Calgary last year, but ended up staying home and saving the $300 fuel, $300 worth of hotels and the ticket price and bought $500 sats instead and took my wife out for a fun night and dinner. I reached out to some prominent Bitcoiners down there before the event to see if maybe they knew someone in the local Bitcoin community whoād let me just camp out on their property but didnāt get a response. People are obviously security minded and they donāt know me from Adam.
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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 wasnāt worth it, but in the same way that you pay for lifeās 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 āmental healthā benefits š
Yes for sure! One thing that Iāve 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 š«”š¤
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 thereās a definite stratification between average conference goers and the cool kids/OGās on the panels. Guess Iāll find out this summer.