> Moving on, even though I didn’t pay for my ticket since I was a speaker I've attended PyCon a few times and found the experience to be great value. I believe

> Moving on, even though I didn’t pay for my ticket since I was a speaker I've attended PyCon a few times and found the experience to be great value. I believe their speakers have to pay their own way just like other attendees. Other events that I've attended such as TechEd appear to be a bit of a "jolly" for speakers (MVPs) who are carted around to other events throughout the year.