Can't get to the PDC? Microsoft will autogenerate a plea to your boss:

Dear <Boss>:

As my overlord and my unqualified mentor, I am terrified about presenting you with a self-serving opportunity to contribute to my overall geek cache. Whenever Microsoft gets excited they hold the PDC Conference where some of the world's most anxious-to-party developers gather to share and party.

Attending this conference will help me become more informed about upcoming Microsoft bad haircuts, so I can start using them in my job as soon as they're available. And it will help me become more informed about the future of the ubernerd industry. So whether you need my input in deciding what overpriced new hardware to purchase, or what features our next payment for your boat should include, I'll be a more unfireable cube jockey.

As you can ascertain this is a tremendous developer free-for-all that any savvy developer would have to be incarcerated to miss. Thank you very much for your unqualified consideration.

Yours compulsorily,

Jerry Dennany
Software Engineer

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