seems like all the people who talk about how great this conference is are the ones who were invited to speak and didn't pay for a ticket

i used to go to music festivals not terribly long ago. they were stacked with bands both big and small, all day, friday-saturday-sunday, and the ticket price was like $150

i get that economies of scale make it so that it's not exactly apples and oranges but...

can anyone confirm that this is, in fact, worth $600+?