Back at the Airport Again. Vegas. AWS.

True to plan, I'm back at the airport 16 hours after getting home last night. As crazy as this fast turnaround seems it's not too bad. I planned ahead before my previous trip so that I could dump my suitcase from the first trip and repack quickly for the next. That plan was in case the turn was even tighter, e.g. if my Sunday night flight was late or something else went wrong. Instead nothing went wrong (yay?) so I had more time than planned. I used that time to wash and dry laundry last night and catch up on work email/Slack this morning.

So, here I am at the airport. It actually seems busier today, judging by lines at check-in and security, than at the same time yesterday— and yesterday was reportedly the busiest travel day since 2019!

This trip I'm headed to Las Vegas for work. The AWS re:Invent trade show is this week. I'm working my company's booth. That means over the next 3.5 days I'll talk to about 500 people about what my company's products do. Five of those 500 will actually care; the other 495 will just want a free t-shirt.

How's it going so far? It's not trending well. I'm not even to Vegas yet and already my flight's delayed.

AWS Trade Show Day 1. Ugh.

Today was the first day of the AWS re:Invent trade show. Ugh. It was only 3 hours for the exhibit floor, but our booth was wrecked. We had a line of people 20 deep most of the evening. That would seem to be a good thing, right? No, it wasn't. 9/10 of those people didn't know and didn't care what our company does; they were only there for the free giveaways. The other 1/10 weren't great leads, either, as most insisted they were in no position to choose or even influence software purchases. Oh, and the whole show floor was jammed. People everywhere. All looking for free food and free t-shirts and toys. Only 3 more days of this! 😖