What to spend $600 on for professional development (software engineer)?

2 points by auslegung 4y ago ↗ HN

I have about $600 left for this year for professional development. I'm a Haskell developer building web backends at an Insurance startup. I'm open to books, courses, conferences, anything really.

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9wzYQbTYsAIc 4y ago ↗

I’d posit that your best value for the dollar is going to be joining both IEEE Computer Society and ACM.

The membership benefits between the two will easily add up to $600 in value, plus you’ll be able to professionally participate in regional or local activities.

auslegung 4y ago ↗

I will look into these, thank you!

Minor49er 4y ago ↗

Buy a ticket and plane ride to Poland for Lambda Days 2022. Depending on the flight and stay, it would cost close to $800, but you might be able to talk your boss into covering the difference.

https://www.lambdadays.org/lambdadays2022#register

auslegung 4y ago ↗

I've considered finding an in-person conference for early-ish 2022. I don't want online confs, I just can't pay attention enough.

chana_masala 4y ago ↗

Is equipment allowed? Time to get a new chair, standing mat, desk or keyboard.

auslegung 4y ago ↗

Maybe but probably not, based on how things are worded.