Depends heavily on form factor. The most I’ve ever spent on a talk is about 30 to 40 hours rehearsing for 7.5 minutes. (Still my best performance ever.) More typically a 45 minute talk is a day of work, assuming the topic is solidly in my wheelhouse.https://twitter.com/whereistanya/status/995653828933496832 …
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Noting this partly because many folks aspire to speak for career opportunities (which IMHO I think that people generally overestimate per unit effort) and very many folks don’t appreciate the *prodigious* amount of (often unpaid) work behind even a fairly simple conference.
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Career opportunities part: I think that there exists a perception, particularly in OSS, that the speakers circuit is very high status with employers and leads to very valuable consulting gigs. Pitching clients leads to consulting gigs; speaking gets leads only, and slowly.
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