NI is cancelling developer days?

[Daklu]

I just heard from my local sales rep that NI has decided to cancel Developer Days sessions.  While I understand the need to reduce costs in the current economy, I am disappointed by this decision.  Since I've never been able to attend NI Week I always looked forward to Dev Days as a great opportunity to learn advanced development techniques from NI engineers.  It's especially unfortunate with LVOOP apparently picking up steam among users.  People unfamiliar with OOP need some direction in how to get started creating good designs, and not many of them can spring for NI's course.  (I don't think the course covers object-oriented design anyway.  From what I understand it's more about OO fundamentals.)

Rest in Peace, Dev Days... you will be missed.  😞

[JackDunaway]

I went to Dev Days in Dallas in 2009, and it was a great experience. It had the same feel as NIWeek 2010, just not quite the same scale and glam. Since the CLAD was given for free at Dev Days, I've been rockin' the title since Feb 2009 (as proudly as one can 'rock' a CLAD title...). I also heard that Dev Days typically gave coupons for certification - I guess these will be axed as well.