Unpopular career advice: speaking at conferences is a massive waste of time Seems cool when you’re young But creating a new deck takes time Talks have low recall & rarely lead to followers, subscribers, etc. Better to focus on compounding activities: write, build something
It's good if you use it as a way to force you to write essays. Assuming you want to write essays.
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Totally. I’ve found that the demands of putting together a presentation can help dramatically organize/accelerate a narrative I’m already developing. It might be the most rewarding consequence.
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Speaking at conferences is good as a mean to something else. It's a tool, not a goal in itself. Then it's invaluable. People who just do it for vanity, do it wrong and very often do not provide good value to an audience.
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I *typically* do it the other way around; I give talks based on posts I've written (usually aggregating a few)
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Just to make sure I understand your point: a talk can be viewed as a performed essay. Writing an essay before a talk can 1), help one prepare for a talk, and, 2) be a good motivator to produce high-quality written content.
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Very true - typically each slide could easily become its own blog post.
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It’s also good as a way to generate leads for tech infrastructure products. Most cos in the space have almost identical marketing messages & talks by experts can be a great way to share actual technical differentiators. I’ve generated six figure plus deals through this method.
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