I gave my first 10m lightning talk in 2012, at MongoDB Days. I was PETRIFIED. Physically trembling, teeth chattering, nightmares for weeks
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It impacted my life, I did a bad job, and I was humiliated and enraged. I decided to get better. Submitted for every conf I could find.
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I did 17 talks in the 12 months after that, I never turned down an offer. I got a prescription for propranolol, the blood pressure medicine
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(as all music performance majors know, it blocks the physical symptoms of adrenaline, tho not your nervousness. Just the shaking.)
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People get all self-righteous about not speaking. They tell me "I don't need to be famous or be a personality." Yeah, it's not about that.
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1) I got straight up better at tech when I started having to explain to large crowds of people, to craft a narrative+slides that made sense
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2) I got WAY WAY WAY better at communicating my thoughts to people, about tech and everything else. My whole life, I've been a writer, not
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a talker. I'd prefer to have any important conversation over essays or email. Having to say it out loud meant I couldn't edit. Scary.
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Learning to be an active listener, to have important conversations in person/w no notice, to comfortably own a room ... all recent for me.
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There may always be a shortage of folks who can tech, but trust me, the # who can do it *and* talk about it will always be scarcer still.
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You gotta be able to capably convince and persuade on your feet to be a good manager. Highly under-recognized skill. Public speaking helps.
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People jaw on and on about the negatives about being a woman in tech, but guess what: there are some pretty powerful bonuses too.
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One of them is this: high demand for women speakers at pretty much every event ever, and low supply. If you want opportunities... boy howdy
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Raise your paw half an inch and you'll have events booked every month for the next two years. Take the chances! Do it!!
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Having a public profile will make some assholes less likely to fuck w you. But don't do it for them, do it bc it makes you a better leader.
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Knowing tech and being able to talk about it are two very different skill sets, and it's the combination that is truly a superpower.
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