I agree. Some training can be very good. Some conferences can also be useful. I'm afraid I've been to my fair share of bad ones though! I get more out of reading CP.:) I think what I meant to say was that WE have to take the initiative to learn new technologies. Complaining that you are falling behind because your boss won't pay to send you to Vegas for WhateverConf 2007 is a poor excuse.

Training and conferences are highly over-rated. If you want to learn new technologies, you are just going to have to take the initiative yourself.

machman1 wrote:

"I am hear to weed out wantabe programmers".

Maybe he's here to rule weed out wannabe programmers by checking their spelling?