It was just a one time thing for me. There were three of us that did all the writing for SGI during their heyday and neither of the others wanted to go at all, so they were basically bribing me. I didn't make any lasting friendships at that event, but I have quite a few friends who later became developers from my days on the MtG PT circuit. Everyone I know who works in gaming loves it, except apparently Zynga is an awful environment with terrible management.
I didn't usually travel for that job. SGI imploded over the next few years because their hardware couldn't stay far enough ahead as Intel processors caught up, but it was a great gig while it lasted.
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