To go or not to go ... to an con/camp
I just came home from a very successful DrupalCamp Scotland 2015. That was my first camp, but before that I have attended three Drupal Cons (Prague 2013, Austin 2014 and Barcelona 2015) and two PHP cons (ZendCon 2005 and PHPTek 2006).
I get a lot out of these conferences, and not only the travel/party part, but also the networking and the social part (and yes, I also learn a hell of a lot ;-)