Why and How to Give A Technical Talk
or
Giving Talks for Fun and Profit
Ryan Hayes
TriDev Meetup
11/13/2018
There's nothing you can get out of this meetup that you can't get from the Internet." -TriJS Meetup Attendee
So what can't you get outside of a meetup?
(or is at least a lot harder to get)
In-person Industry Relationships
Swag!
Speaking Experience
Why is speaking important for people who code?
- Better at distilling ideas
- Confidence
- Personal branding
- Recognition in a topic
- Good for upward career mobility
And the most surprising part...
Introversion and Extroversion is a dial that can be trained like physical fitness.
More reading: https://www.inc.com/joshua-spodek/there-are-no-such-things-as-introversion-or-extroversion.html
Yea, but what do I talk about?
- Summarize a blog post
- Summarize a YouTube Video
- Pros/Cons and Recommendation Pitches
- Introduction to a library, framework, or concept
- Any current development topic + your take
ex·pe·ri·ence
/ˌikˈspirēəns/
noun
-
practical contact with and observation of facts or events.
and your experience of their contents?
Your experience is valuable to someone, so share it!
Ryan Hayes
@RyannosaurusRex
ryanhayes.net