The Eddie Murphy Method for Selecting What Presentations to Attend at Conferences

Eddie Murphy guest starred on Saturday Night Live in 1984. In his opening monologue, he said every host tells you what a great show we have tonight. Then, you see some great stuff, but you also see some stuff that sucks.

That’s the way most conferences work. Almost always there are great events to attend where you will learn a lot. But in all likelihood, you will see some stuff that sucks too. We can always try to get better at figuring out what will be great and what will suck when making your selections about what to attend.

But Eddie Murphy tells us the main thing you need to know about attending conferences. You have to go to a lot of presentations. The more presentations you go to, the more great stuff you will see. That means you have to sit through some stuff that sucks, but that’s the price of the Poogi.

It’s good to spend some time drinking at the bar too. It’s fun, and a surprising amount of POOGI can be found there. Just don’t drink so much that you are too hungover to go to a lot of presentations the next day.

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