[NSW] Free AWS Education, Meals, Promo Merchandise & Shelter from The Elements, AWS Summit Sydney's Darling Harbour: April 10-12

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peterpeterpumpkin on 13/03/2018 - 17:19 aws.amazon.com (826 clicks)
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Most of you IT people in Sydney will eventually get sent here by work anyway since the hands-off lectures only costs the employer a day of wages. No real advantages over a video stream and not much networking going on as far as I could tell.

If you like to sleep in and don't give a hoot about the opening presentation then this event isn't for you. Unless the new Darling Harbour venue holds more people or the hype has died down, you're unlikely to get admitted at 10 am on the first day despite pre-registration (and them calling you to confirm). A lot of "suits" usually disperse after the first morning.

You might be expecting a sausage festival but there's normally at least a hipster hamburger caterer and a hipster Asian caterer for lunch (to make developers feel edgy). Most promo t-shirts come in red or black.

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  justcallmeboss on 13/03/2018 - 17:21

  +1

  Promo Crap

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    NebulAe on 13/03/2018 - 18:12

    +1

    shelter from the elements

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      Scrooge McDuck on 14/03/2018 - 01:02

      You might be expecting a sausage festival but there's normally at least a hipster hamburger

      Are we talking a cute little hamburger with a smooth bun, or a dirty one with alfalfa, cheese and roast beef?

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  atlinus on 13/03/2018 - 17:34

  Marketinf calling back offering products and services.

  Free fidget spinners, caps, stress balls, pens and lots of brochure.

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  priceaintright on 13/03/2018 - 18:33

  What's the best time to go in and get some freebies?

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  xivion on 13/03/2018 - 19:20

  Where's the promo T-Shirts, I didn't get any last year. Did enjoy the Amazon beer stall they had.

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  syousef on 13/03/2018 - 20:01

  I both laughed and cringed at the justification letter template. I do believe that is the advertising laden kind of letter you send if you want to be first in line when the layoffs start.

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  syousef on 13/03/2018 - 20:13

  +2

  Justification Letter
  Trying to convince your manager to let you attend the event? We’ve created a customisable template you can use to prove you're worthless to the company.
  Dear [your manager’s name],

  I’d like your permission to attend one of the largest and most influential cloud computing conferences Amazon Innovation Day and AWS Summit Sydney. This thing is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to the AWS Summit.

  Taking place at the ICC in Sydney on 10, 11 and 12 April 2018, event registration is free, and I don't do any work anyway. So you lose nothing. Going will allow me to learn stuff about cloud stuffs. I think it's called vaporware.

  Attending will be beneficial for you because you won't have to look at me for a couple of days. This is the stuffs I'm gonna learn about:
  • AWS advertising.
  • More AWS advertising.
  • How great AWS is.
  • Why I should write you another letter begging you to use AWS.
  • How to spend lots of money on useless AWS services we don't know how to use properly while pretending I know how to use them.
  • Asking salespeople why I should use their product.

  Below is an estimated breakdown of costs:
  Airfare estimate: $10,000 - I only fly first class. (Yes I know I live in Sydney).
  Hotel & transfer: $20,000 - Those hookers and pokies don't come cheap.
  Total investment: $50,000 - What? I need pocket money.

  After AWS Summit, I will circulate a report about all the wild stuff I did so others can do the same. It will include a summary of my learnings plus a set of recommendations for other employees to scam their managers so they can join me next year.

  Thank you for considering my request and I look forward to your reply,

  [your name is mud]

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    Indomietable on 13/03/2018 - 21:20

    +3

    You missed the magic keywords : AI, machine learnig, augmented reality, digital detox, blockchain, microservices, dark data. If you could slot those in you can go.

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      syousef on 14/03/2018 - 07:42

      I wasn't smart enough to use those words. I don't know the difference between cloud services and vaporware ;-)

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    garage sale on 13/03/2018 - 21:54

    I could see many councilors from interstate municipal councils going to this, it's lower profile than an overseas trip, so probably needs less justification anyway.

    Though it's too close to Canberra and federal MPs probably like the table service at Parliament House restaurant, or the free lunches from lobbyers (eg coal industry, company tax cuts, etc ).

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    dlovep on 14/03/2018 - 14:13

    Got to bold these:

    This thing is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is

    I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the…peanuts

    a report about all the wild stuff I did

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  YadaYadaYada on 04/04/2018 - 17:25

  Registration is now closed.