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Tickets for WWDC 2013 Sell Out in Two Minutes
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The economy isn't bad for engineers at all. In fact we're in the middle of a tech boom.
5,000 tickets. More than 5,000 people who want to attend. Nothing their website can do about that.
Maybe thats the secret.. powerbooks get access to a secret stash of tickets?
Just as a matter of interest are you over the line if you get them in your shopping cart or do you have to make the payment in those two minutes as well?
My business partner and I were accessing the login page simultaneously with auto-fill enabled at 1:00 sharp. He was able to get in and order his ticket but I kept getting bounced to a generic error page that would redirect me back to the main WWDC Tickets page and kept getting the same thing every time I'd click through. Now despite the fact that he got a ticket, we're both pissed because the plan was for us to be able to go to this event together and be able to network/learn in parallel.
Apple needs to:
a) Staff-up more engineers for events like this,
b) Have multiple WWDC events throughout the year,
c) Have a better ecomm system for processing these requests.
We've been doing iOS dev for almost 3 years now and my business runs completely on Apple technology. It's extremely disenfranchising to run into a situation like this and significantly reduces our enthusiasm as proud Apple advocates both in our personal and professional lives.
If your enthusiasm is gone do you mind asking your friend to give me the ticket? lol
Let's blame the resellers ? :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWDC-2013-Ticket-/330913450479?pt=US_Tickets_all_in_one&hash=item4d0bfa89ef
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWDC-2013-Ticket-/330913450479?pt=US_Tickets_all_in_one&hash=item4d0bfa89ef
The following tweet suggests it sold out in 68 seconds!
Celsius Game Studios (@celsiusgs)
4/25/13, 1:02 PM
WWDC tickets sold out in 1 minute 8 seconds.
Celsius Game Studios (@celsiusgs)
4/25/13, 1:02 PM
WWDC tickets sold out in 1 minute 8 seconds.
I'll call a Whambulance. Everyone had the same chance. Better one ticket than none? I'm sure Apple could care less if you switched to doing some other non-Apple related business. There's plenty more devs out there to take your spot.My business partner and I were accessing the login page simultaneously with auto-fill enabled at 1:00 sharp. He was able to get in and order his ticket but I kept getting bounced to a generic error page that would redirect me back to the main WWDC Tickets page and kept getting the same thing every time I'd click through. Now despite the fact that he got a ticket, we're both pissed because the plan was for us to be able to go to this event together and be able to network/learn in parallel.
Apple needs to:
a) Staff-up more engineers for events like this,
b) Have multiple WWDC events throughout the year,
c) Have a better ecomm system for processing these requests.
We've been doing iOS dev for almost 3 years now and my business runs completely on Apple technology. It's extremely disenfranchising to run into a situation like this and significantly reduces our enthusiasm as proud Apple advocates both in our personal and professional lives.
Lol he doesn't need to promote StackOverflow, every developer on this planet has used it at some point.
Will they let you swap passes like that? I was under the impression they were very strict about passes not being shared, but that would definitely be an option for us as we had already budgeted for the the event, travel, hotel, etc.
Thanks for the pointer!
A kick in the teeth, frankly.
Seriously. We've sent developers the last two years, This year, no-one gets to go, despite being there as the page went live. Given international latency (on something happening this fast it matters), I'd *love* to know the percentage of people who were successful who are in the US.
Apple, wise up - it's time to start acting like a company that cares about its developers and run MORE THAN ONE event, in out of the way places like, oh I don't know, Europe? And Asia? Make it a condition that you can only buy a ticket to one of them - in your region is fine as long as you ship all the same people from Apple to each event.
Making the videos available real-time is helpful, but it hardly replaces being able to ask an Apple engineer "how do I make this perform better" or "this should work, but it doesn't - why?".
Apple, you're all grown up these days and you really need to start thinking differently about more than just your product portfolio.
Seriously. We've sent developers the last two years, This year, no-one gets to go, despite being there as the page went live. Given international latency (on something happening this fast it matters), I'd *love* to know the percentage of people who were successful who are in the US.
Apple, wise up - it's time to start acting like a company that cares about its developers and run MORE THAN ONE event, in out of the way places like, oh I don't know, Europe? And Asia? Make it a condition that you can only buy a ticket to one of them - in your region is fine as long as you ship all the same people from Apple to each event.
Making the videos available real-time is helpful, but it hardly replaces being able to ask an Apple engineer "how do I make this perform better" or "this should work, but it doesn't - why?".
Apple, you're all grown up these days and you really need to start thinking differently about more than just your product portfolio.
I have a question for those who ever attended it: is it worth it? Not trying to troll or anything, just curious...
I'm talking as an iOS developer here. Is there anything to gain from being there over reading documentation, etc?
I'm talking as an iOS developer here. Is there anything to gain from being there over reading documentation, etc?
I'm sorry for my knee-jerk reaction. I last attended in '09, and found that there were always people to help me. If one junior developer didn't know, he tried to help, but pointed me in the direction of a senior developer. Of course not everyone is competent on every subject, but you're sure to find the right employee if you ask around. I had every question I asked solved, along with more extra details than I cared to know.
If you planned on working on some IOS applications and such, than maybe it makes sense.
Who could buy them? I thought they could only be transferred to someone on a team.
Will they let you swap passes like that? I was under the impression they were very strict about passes not being shared, but that would definitely be an option for us as we had already budgeted for the the event, travel, hotel, etc.
Thanks for the pointer!
When you sign up, you're given a badge with your name and photo id on it to wear around your neck the entire conference. No sharing is allowed.
Nobody really looks very closely to see who is on the badge though. I guess if both employees look similar, you might be able to get away with it. But if they happen to find you doing it, your ticket is revoked and your money is NOT refunded.
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Some of the eBay pages I've seen are people who will activate the tickets under their name(s), and then literally hand-deliver the ticket to the purchaser at the venue. Ugh, scalpers can eat it.
Thankfully, I was one of the lucky "winners" but I can't seem to activate my ticket. Anyone else having that issue?
Thankfully, I was one of the lucky "winners" but I can't seem to activate my ticket. Anyone else having that issue?
8 million
in 1 minute 8 seconds. ... jebus. So much for attending this year. Those 150 kids getting free tickets are lucky.
in 1 minute 8 seconds. ... jebus. So much for attending this year. Those 150 kids getting free tickets are lucky.
You learn a lot more there than just what's in the documentation. You learn the HOWs and WHYs about decisions made in developing the iOS and OS X frameworks. You can bounce ideas off of other developers, ask other developers 'how did you do that?' in their app, overhear conversations and get ideas about what others are thinking. You'll become a lot better developer than working on your own reading the docs yourself.
It also depends on the type of person you are. If you learn better in classroom settings vs. reading a book at home. Are you more of a loner, or a social butterfly?