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As expected, not everyone is pleased with how TechEd is going. I have received comments on one of my blog entries from people who are unhappy with the way things are going here in Dallas. I have been lucky enough to not have had as many problems as they seem to be expressing. The shuttles to and from my hotel have been leaving more frequently than scheduled and arriving at the convention center in very reasonable time. For the most part, seating has been more than ample at the sessions I've attended. The one exception was a session that I myself did not even expect to have as many attendees as it did. Maybe it's just that the IT Professional session have not been as accommodating as the Developer sessions but I do agree with my readers that MS should look into this. At the price of TechEd everyone who wants to attend a session should be given an opportunity to do so.
The complaints on CommNet are definitely valid. It's been very difficult to get on a computer and when I have been able to the connection has been disguistingly slow. (In fact when I was writing this entry the connection timed out and I lost the entire thing, not fun.) I don't know how much if that is in Microsoft's hands however. My other complaint is that the level of the material presented in the classes has many a time not reflected the level of material that should have been presented. For example, many of the "400 level" session where more like 200-300 level and 300 where 100-200 and sometimes below that even. It's a real shame to go to 400 level sessions for ASP.NET and when the speaker asks questions like "who here has used ASP.NET" to have less than half the class be able to raise their hands. If you are going to spend money on something like TechEd please prepare to get the most out of it. What is really more upsetting to me is that when the presenters see the lack of knowledge in the class the material is scaled back. I believe that a 400 level session should present 400 level material regardless of how many people have never wrote a single line of code in their entire life. That's not my problem and that's not fair to those of us who are here to get an edge. Find 100-200 level sessions instead.
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