Hello Splunk Community!
My name is Chris, and I'm based in Canberra, Australia's capital, and I travelled for almost 23 hours to get to here — yes, I'm writing this from .conf!
.conf24 is my fifth in-person .conf (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and now 2024).
For me, .conf is always about the people. Sure, I come to learn more about Splunk but it's the people (the community) that make Splunk.
I was approached in the hallway by an attendee (Hi, Matthew!) who was attending their first .conf. He asked for any tips and I said to do exactly what he had just done - approach people and say Hi!
I'm a Splunk Partner so I attended a number of Global Partner Summit (GPS) presentations in the afternoon.
I was privileged to get inducted for the first time in to the SplunkTrust and received my fez along with the other members.
I didn't participant in BOTS on the opening night. Instead, I put a call out to any other Aussies without dinner plans. Two people took up my proposal and we met up, found a restaurant, and then chatted over dinner. I had met one of the two at .conf23, and the other I had never met but we quickly realised that our Splunk skills are complementary so, who knows, there may be opportunities to refer business leads on.
The biggest thing for me was catching up with people whom I've met over the years - often only at .conf , and meeting people in person whom I've only ever interacted with over email, Slack, or Zoom.
And catching up with Buttercup too!
Looking forward to the rest of .conf!
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