There’s no better way to stay motivated and to keep learning new things then by attending conferences. At these hacker conferences, you will meet tons of likeminded people that are probably much smarter than you that you can leach off. Believe it or not, there is always someone smarter then you. That someone is me. No, not really, but you get the point. There’s always something you can learn from someone else and if you think that you are the hottest shit around, someone needs to spank that mindset out of you, or you will never reach your potential.