Ollie from the CEA events team here. Thanks so much for writing this up! This is an unusually thorough retrospective (if personal) and we particularly appreciate the balanced defence of Swapcard :)
Executive summary: The author had a great experience at EAG Boston, forming connections and learning from the community.
Key points:
Volunteering at EAG provides insight into operations work and allows venue access. Shifts are manageable.
The career fair and organized dinners facilitate networking. Back-to-back 1:1 meetings are very useful for sharing knowledge.
Sessions and workshops provide learning opportunities, though the author did not attend many. Food was good.
Afterparties continue late into the night and promote community bonding.
The author felt intellectually satisfied and connected to the EA community. Overall a great experience.
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I enjoyed reading this and think past me would have found this quite helpful to read before attending a conference for the first time, so thank you!
Ollie from the CEA events team here. Thanks so much for writing this up! This is an unusually thorough retrospective (if personal) and we particularly appreciate the balanced defence of Swapcard :)
Executive summary: The author had a great experience at EAG Boston, forming connections and learning from the community.
Key points:
Volunteering at EAG provides insight into operations work and allows venue access. Shifts are manageable.
The career fair and organized dinners facilitate networking. Back-to-back 1:1 meetings are very useful for sharing knowledge.
Sessions and workshops provide learning opportunities, though the author did not attend many. Food was good.
Afterparties continue late into the night and promote community bonding.
The author felt intellectually satisfied and connected to the EA community. Overall a great experience.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.