Go or not to go?
I organized an it-community in my city five years ago. I have made tens of conferences and thousands of meetups about various themes. Of course, I was a speaker at my conferences and I traveled to other conferences as a speaker and a visitor. I still make speeches. Although, I seldom give speeches these days because I do not have much free time due to work. Anyway, I've never thought that I am a famous person or that my speeches are very interesting or useful. I have enough self-criticisms.
Yesterday I received a message from a man who organizes it-meetups in Tumen. He invited me to go to Tumen and make a speech at a local it-meetup. He said that many locals programmers know me, have listened to my speeches at other conferences and would love to hear me again. There are two problems. The meetup was planned on March 27th, a Tuesday. Tuesday is a very uncomfortable time for traveling anywhere because it is in the middle of a work week. I work remotely, so I can rearrange my work hours, but it's not that easy. The second problem is that my girlfriend's birthday is March 28th. If I go to the meetup, I will come back by the end of her birthday. I know that she understands me and won't get angry, but I want to spend this day with her. It isn't an easy solution.
Maybe I just take her with me in Tumen. :)
PS: Do you know that Tumen is a city with some of the best standards of living in Russia?
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Go or not to go?
I organized an it-community in my city five years ago. I have made tens of conferences and thousands of meetups about various themes. Of course, I was a speaker at my conferences and I traveled to other conferences as a speaker and a visitor. I still make speeches. Although, I seldom give speeches these days because I do not have much free time due to work. Anyway, I've never thought that I am a famous person or that my speeches are very interesting or useful. I have enough self-criticisms.Yesterday I received a message from a man who organizes it-meetups in Tumen. He invited me to go to Tumen and make a speech at a local it-meetup. He said that many locals programmers know me, have listened to my speeches at other conferences, and would love to hear me again. There are two problems. The meetup was planned on March 27th, a Tuesday. Tuesday is a very uncomfortable time for traveling anywhere because it is in the middle of a work week. I work remotely, so I can rearrange my work hours, but it's not that easy. The second problem is that my girlfriend's birthday is March 28th. If I go to the meetup, I will come back by the end of her birthday. I know that she understands me and won't get angry, but I want to spend this day with her. It isn't an easy solution.
Maybe I just take her with me in Tumen. :)
PS: Do you know that Tumen is a city with some of the best standards of living in Russia?
Hi Artem, your English is really good.
In regards to your dilemna, I would say that if taking your girlfriend with you to Turmen is not an option, then you should probably go anyways. After all, you mentioned that she would understand why you want to go to Turmen, and so if she will not get angry with you, you should definetely give your speech. Additionally, you said yourself that there are local programmers that would really like to listen to you speak, so you either let your girlfriend down by not spending her birthday with her, or you let those local programmers down. Of course, this is just the opinion of a seventeen-year-old kid, so it is your decision!
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Yes. I am lucky. I have a profession that allows to work and travel in same time. I think that more and more companies will work with remote employees. It is very comfortable for an employee and very cheap for business.
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You have a great job.
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