>>>>>Did they really have a SQL Saturday on Yom Kippur?!
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>>>>>Yup, the one in Pittsburgh seemed to have about 200-250 attendees.
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>>>>>They also had NYC CodeCamp on Saturday as well - and I'm sure the head count was even higher.
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>>>>In NY, in particular, that seems disrespectful. If you wouldn't hold it on Christmas, you shouldn't hold it on Yom Kippur in any community that has a significant Jewish population.
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>>>I understand your point but football is routinely played on Christmas.
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>>FWIW, around here, HS football mostly isn't played on Yom Kippur (or Christmas, of course, since HS football season is long over by then). When Yom Kippur lands Friday night/Saturday, most of the schools around here play Thursday night. This year, apparently, ours played Saturday night after the holiday.
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>>And my original point still stands. No one would schedule SQL Saturday or CodeCamp on Christmas.
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>>Tamar
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>But they do. All the time. And more widely popular events.

Show me an example of a tech event of this sort in the US on Christmas. Sports is not the same as tech.


>You have the Achilles heel of very smart people and don't see that your experience is not everyone's. Your experience is not theirs.

I understand that if we were talking about Idaho or Iowa, my point would be moot. But not in Pittsburgh and certainly not in NY.

Tamar