Don't You Know Who I Am?! (The Dangers of Celebrity in Tech)

In this entertaining and slightly irreverent talk, Corey discusses the dangers of taking others' experiences as a source of absolute truth. A discussion of how the innovative and clever solutions that headline various conference talks may very well not apply to your environment will ensue, including but not limited to:  

• Matching business requirements to what technologies can deliver
• The trap of feeling like you're falling behind if you're not doing what the "bleeding edge" companies are
• At least one story of how following this approach went hilariously wrong