What's going on, Albuquerque?

Topics discussed at the Web Geek Meetup on Nov 19th

I had a really great time last night at the Monte Vista Fire Station (Gruet). Got to talk to a lot of people that I don't get a chance to meet in my day to day life. There are a few subjects here that I would love to expand on, or see other people expand on themselves.
And in no Particular Order

Usefulness of LinkedIn
CMS headaches
Plone, Drupal, Oh My!
Should experience be taken into consideration as a condition of computer related certifications
Understanding of programming best practices as a condition of employment
Hit-By-A-Bus Problem solved by leaving the company
Starting from a website and ending up as a business and marketing consultant
Javascript sucks, JQuery rocks
Being in a Rock band is like being in a relationship. You have to like the people
XMPP Really Friggen Rocks!
Trust of the website audience
Advertising on DCF
The horrors of Cut and Paste Programmers *shiver*

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Comment by chantal on November 20, 2008 at 1:11pm: Nice wrap-up! It's incredibly useful to share links, ideas, etc. from those gatherings.

Personally, though connect with a few dozen people on LinkedIn, I haven't yet seen any tangible benefit. Have you ever seen anyone attempt to quantify the benefit for users?