I think I'll be able to go to YAPC and TPC with greater regularity now. I'm in my last year of college (got "tute screwed", for those monks familiar with RPI's reputation of screwing up graduation-ability for many of its students), working part-time for the company that hired me over the summer, and they're a Perl-friendly place.

I think I'm going to enter the realm of the professional conference attendee; you know, the guy (or girl) who talks about how his (or her) business uses Perl, instead of just talking about whatever Perl topic enthralls him (or her) the most.