Dear talk-attending-humans, please don’t ever go up to a speaker and tell them their talk was “too basic” for you. Instead, try: “That was a great overview! So many good points. I bet you could make a whole talk out of [a point they mentioned that you’d prefer more info on]!”https://twitter.com/nellshamrell/status/1086073718495797248 …
This is one of the big fears that keeps me from trying to submit talks at conferences. I’m just so darn confident that anything I would have to say is really just basic common knowledge that everyone else already knows and I’m late to the party.
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I identify with that fear, but speaking for myself, I find a basic, good explanation of something, even if it’s something I already understand, really enjoyable to listen to. Good stories are good stories, and even slightly different analogies can give new perspectives on stuff.
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Also, talks that cover mostly stuff I already know sometimes help remind me that I already know stuff. Which is a nice feeling. Like, “Hey I know this and some people don’t — I have real skills and shit” is a nice anti-impostor-syndrome experience.
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Also consider that you’ve been programming for many years and a lot of folks who go to conferences are newer to it. So even if you think “everybody” at your level knows something, a lot of folks with less experience do not :)
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Don’t give it a second thought. People that do this are just being smug and they’re wrong. Your personal journey and perspective on your topic will reveal ideas nobody else has thought about.
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