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canyonwalkerThere's a big trade show in my industry coming up right after Thanksgiving, AWS Re:invent. It's in-person— the first major trade show I'm aware of that's been in-person since February 2020. I haven't been tapped by my company to support our presence there this year.
Part of me feels left out by that. I traveled to this show for my company in 2018 and 2019 and did a great job there IMO. Am I being snubbed for this year? I feel slightly jealous of the people who've been chosen to go.
But on the other hand I am not jealous. This is an in-person trade show that in the past has attracted tens of thousands of attendees. IMO it's not safe enough yet to get back to having huge, crowded indoor events! Just to be clear, it's unsafe because it's going to entail thousands of people, in close quarters indoors, with few of them wearing masks and probably 30% (overall US adult rate) unvaccinated.
Frankly if I were invited I think I'd have had to tell my company, "I don't think this is safe, please pick someone else." So why does part of me feel jealous? I guess maybe I wanted to be asked and turn it down. 🤷♂️ But that would have downsides, too. I need to keep reminding myself I wouldn't have gone anyway and it's better I haven't had to debate potentially skeptical colleagues why.
Part of me feels left out by that. I traveled to this show for my company in 2018 and 2019 and did a great job there IMO. Am I being snubbed for this year? I feel slightly jealous of the people who've been chosen to go.
But on the other hand I am not jealous. This is an in-person trade show that in the past has attracted tens of thousands of attendees. IMO it's not safe enough yet to get back to having huge, crowded indoor events! Just to be clear, it's unsafe because it's going to entail thousands of people, in close quarters indoors, with few of them wearing masks and probably 30% (overall US adult rate) unvaccinated.
Frankly if I were invited I think I'd have had to tell my company, "I don't think this is safe, please pick someone else." So why does part of me feel jealous? I guess maybe I wanted to be asked and turn it down. 🤷♂️ But that would have downsides, too. I need to keep reminding myself I wouldn't have gone anyway and it's better I haven't had to debate potentially skeptical colleagues why.
