Richmond Code Camp 3 was an incredible success.  I just wanted to take two minutes to talk about the value of Code Camp from a recruiter's perspective.  From my perspective - if you are a junior, mid level or senior developer; you want to attend Code Camp.  First of all, there were 25 different seminars to choose from throughout the day.  From morning until late afternoon, there were five different time slots with 5 seminars during each time slot.  So, there is tons of learning to be had at Code Camp.  Second reason would be the opportunity to network with other .NET professionals.  There were some senior architects with other companies and managers that gave the different presentations.  Excellent opportunity to increase your skills, but also to make career inroads with some high level technical people. 

As a way to learn more about the technology that we specialize in we require all of our recruiters to attend all .NET user group meetings as well as all Code Camps and try to take in as much infomation as possible.  One of the seminars that I attended was .NET 3.0 where I had the opportunity to learn all about WCF (Windows Communications Foundation) and the ABC's of WCF.  I have already had the opportunity to talk about address, binding and contracts in WCF and was able to get a better understanding of a candidate's abilities in regards to WCF.  Plus, I think he was impressed with our level of knowledge in the .NET world. 

The one thing I can say about Richmond Code Camp(http://richmondcodecamp.org/default.aspx) is that it truly is all about the code.  Aside from LTL Consulting, I don't think I saw one other recruiting firm there.

This was also LTL Consulting's first step into the marketing and branding area.  We are really trying to connect and develop relationships with all the .NET professionals in the Richmond/Charlottesville area.  As one of the sponsors for Richmond Code Camp 3 we gave away a full copy of Vista Ultimate.  Please look for us sponsoring other .NET related events this year.