In fairness the $3Kish included accommodations for the week and food,=20 but still $3Kish is a fair bit to spend on training, without knowing how=20 useful it really would be. If what you get is only marginally more=20 than what you can find in relatively no time online or via resources=20 like this list, it is a bit hard to justify. - which is why I was asking. -forrest On 9/4/2011 4:02 AM, V G wrote: > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 3:16 AM, Forrest Christianwrot= e: > >> Masters has always been a tough 'conference' for me to be able to >> justify financially. Do you think you got your money's worth? I was >> close this year, but didn't think about it until after the prices had >> all gone up, and really wasn't ready to spend almost $3K (since I was >> looking at both the conference and pre-conference). >> > It costs money to attend? Honest question. > > I thought the primary economical concern was accommodation, etc. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .