For a long time my career had me doing a whole lot of product installations and integrations where domain models and agile development didn’t necessarily fit.  Any conferences or training I attended was based on specific product issues.  I spent most of my time, both at work and home, reading product manuals and user forums rather than doing what I really loved, software development… but that’s not the point of this post (boo hoo).  In my current position, I am getting to reconnect in a big way with my software design and development roots and I have to say I’m loving it. 

In late June I’ll be heading to The Agile IT Experience. I’m pretty pumped about it. It’s been a long time since I got to go to a conference/training because I really wanted to… its more like a hobby trip than a work assignment. 

I’m not starstruck by ‘industry pros’ as I have worked directly with a couple of them that have been less than impressive in ‘real life’, but the roster of presenters at Agile ITX is filled with folks whose articles/books/podcasts I have been reading/listening to for quite a while with great interest.  The sessions look awesome.  Did I mention I’m pumped!