convore.json/groups/pycon-2011/please-remind-me-why-pycon-has-to-end/messages.json

[{"user_id": 10411, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300054387.568011, "message": "It does not seem fair...", "group_id": 373, "id": 343831}, {"user_id": 20745, "stars": [{"date_created": 1300064560.1110711, "user_id": 10411}], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300062147.3085451, "message": "we're driving back home... cruising on the highway with a portable wifi hotspot. :)", "group_id": 373, "id": 344347}, {"user_id": 1930, "stars": [{"date_created": 1300887148.452441, "user_id": 20316}], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300082103.216485, "message": "I really miss the drinking...  no, wait -  the lack of sleep... no wait - the drinking...   what was the question again?  ;-)", "group_id": 373, "id": 345222}, {"user_id": 1930, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300081825.510752, "message": "OH: Absence makes the heart grow fonder...", "group_id": 373, "id": 345198}, {"user_id": 20626, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300081368.895313, "message": "just got home to california after leaving the conference at the last talk. i already miss it. bye pycon!", "group_id": 373, "id": 345176}, {"user_id": 3354, "stars": [{"date_created": 1300083211.188503, "user_id": 10411}, {"date_created": 1300086712.4435329, "user_id": 8384}, {"date_created": 1300091076.953501, "user_id": 13954}, {"date_created": 1300108233.428335, "user_id": 1736}, {"date_created": 1300137984.8551159, "user_id": 205}, {"date_created": 1300160237.6006849, "user_id": 18843}, {"date_created": 1300162640.6925709, "user_id": 8391}, {"date_created": 1300166526.2290671, "user_id": 3680}], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300081405.6198821, "message": "If PyCon never ended there could only be one!", "group_id": 373, "id": 345177}, {"user_id": 20626, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300082007.1044049, "message": "i really miss the food, too.. :)", "group_id": 373, "id": 345215}, {"user_id": 19652, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300088146.661191, "message": "Blame he us for stealing one hour of pycon from all of us", "group_id": 373, "id": 345532}, {"user_id": 13325, "stars": [{"date_created": 1300110837.843049, "user_id": 20686}, {"date_created": 1300119051.4245279, "user_id": 10411}, {"date_created": 1300137156.7764151, "user_id": 19747}, {"date_created": 1300137997.805805, "user_id": 205}, {"date_created": 1300145666.8042431, "user_id": 1930}, {"date_created": 1300160273.6272099, "user_id": 18843}, {"date_created": 1300187486.6910779, "user_id": 17897}, {"date_created": 1300192897.800298, "user_id": 19652}, {"date_created": 1300199194.0104091, "user_id": 4120}, {"date_created": 1300200405.320725, "user_id": 19679}, {"date_created": 1300324484.852829, "user_id": 19983}], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300109227.391865, "message": "I miss Pycon because as a solo developer at my work, I don't get to see people excited about programming much. At Pycon I get to see it a lot, it's inspirational.", "group_id": 373, "id": 347196}, {"user_id": 19747, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300137750.640547, "message": "@emperorcezar +1. I'm self-employed and work from home, so I have my own challenges with isolation. PyCon both overwhelmed and energized me. I found a project that interests me (Pyramid http://pylonsproject.org/), joined their list, and I'll find some way to contribute and collaborate.", "group_id": 373, "id": 351257}, {"user_id": 18843, "stars": [{"date_created": 1300197775.9335899, "user_id": 3926}, {"date_created": 1300200418.9381261, "user_id": 19679}], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300160355.0094061, "message": "@emperorcezar Totally hear you - I was starting to feel a little depressed about my job, but PyCon has restored a lot of that energy and desire to create.", "group_id": 373, "id": 353270}, {"user_id": 3354, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300175439.9354191, "message": "Cool. This is magical stuff!", "group_id": 373, "id": 353876}, {"user_id": 21105, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300186459.640538, "message": "@palendae: I got back to my job and then the depression started.  PyCon reminded me what I used to do and why I love programming.  My job now has me sitting in a cube, pulling levers.  I need a new job.", "group_id": 373, "id": 354575}, {"user_id": 19652, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300192890.579988, "message": "@steve_piercy well everyone was hiring so I hope you gave some cards around", "group_id": 373, "id": 355278}, {"user_id": 19652, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300192952.301899, "message": "@emperorcezar indeed pycon was and still is the time of day I get to be next to this many interesting peolle", "group_id": 373, "id": 355287}, {"user_id": 19652, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300192956.075639, "message": "People", "group_id": 373, "id": 355289}, {"user_id": 3926, "stars": [{"date_created": 1300200439.7780769, "user_id": 19679}, {"date_created": 1300202421.036099, "user_id": 10411}, {"date_created": 1300202623.1432159, "user_id": 18843}, {"date_created": 1300218261.747967, "user_id": 1924}, {"date_created": 1300219195.0942221, "user_id": 20483}, {"date_created": 1301274207.021723, "user_id": 19788}], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300196890.1977479, "message": "Coming back from PyCon feels like returning from a superhero convention and having to put on your drab old secret identity for another year.", "group_id": 373, "id": 355975}, {"user_id": 3926, "stars": [{"date_created": 1300202625.698884, "user_id": 18843}], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300197827.976584, "message": "On the other hand, my drab old secret identity pays for me to go to PyCon, so I guess it's a yin-yang sort of thing.", "group_id": 373, "id": 356110}, {"user_id": 18843, "stars": [{"date_created": 1300205336.1683359, "user_id": 4375}, {"date_created": 1300220416.7945931, "user_id": 3926}, {"date_created": 1300254669.688776, "user_id": 20196}], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300202696.0035241, "message": "To more directly answer the question: PyCon ends so we have time to make awesome stuff to show off at the next PyCon!", "group_id": 373, "id": 357316}, {"user_id": 10411, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300202450.625205, "message": "@tlesher Don't tell your superhero identity that!  It'll ruin the moment....", "group_id": 373, "id": 357267}, {"user_id": 19747, "stars": [{"date_created": 1300205123.420743, "user_id": 1}], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300202542.0036609, "message": "@elpargo When considering whether to go solo or stay in regular employment, I was worried about making it financially. Then I realized the worst thing that could happen to me would be that I would have to get another job.", "group_id": 373, "id": 357289}, {"user_id": 18843, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300202670.4789231, "message": "@clarkwgriswold I'm behind a cube, too, but there were so many opportunities at PyCon that even that gives me encouragement.", "group_id": 373, "id": 357311}, {"user_id": 18678, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300265809.227459, "message": "PyCon ends so that we don't need to find out A) how many great ideas it takes to make your head explode and B) how many Scotch BoFs it takes to make your liver explode", "group_id": 373, "id": 363857}, {"user_id": 21093, "stars": [{"date_created": 1300721445.3737221, "user_id": 4120}], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300293222.134836, "message": "Indeed.  PyCon always makes me feel like an absolute dolt.  But I love it!", "group_id": 373, "id": 367426}, {"user_id": 19652, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300854467.124109, "message": "@steve_piercy yea. Something great (if you could get it) is to have a part time job to cover your expenditures and then freenlance the rest", "group_id": 373, "id": 414256}, {"user_id": 19747, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300866873.4853001, "message": "@elpargo I took the moonlighting/hobbyist route. I picked up clients by building websites for various organizations in my spare time while fully employed. Usually pro bono because I believed in their causes. Soon folks wanted to pay me for websites. After about 12 years of moonlighting, I had a sufficient client base to get by, along with an emergency fund for a full year.", "group_id": 373, "id": 415313}, {"user_id": 19652, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300902767.221328, "message": "@steve_piercy Wow that's a great story. Right now I'm into that route but I have been teaming up with several others, still not enough to replace dayjob but I do like dayjob a lot so not thinking about replacing it soon :)", "group_id": 373, "id": 419201}, {"user_id": 20777, "stars": [], "topic_id": 12888, "date_created": 1300946204.5441229, "message": "+1 to all the comments re: ennui after returning from PyCon.  Wicked awesome experience, well worth the pain of travel and hangovers.  ;)  Lots of people hiring, there.  In fact, here's an e-mail from one of them that they asked to have spread around: http://cl.ly/1t3a1t3L2m2D3P2T0y0x", "group_id": 373, "id": 424392}]