I really hate preparing for tech talks, when they are formal and far in advance. I have too much time to think about it, tweak it, etc, and I slowly go crazy.
I have one coming up in 5 weeks, and I'm starting to dread the 'end game' where I wind myself up for it. It's pretty much all I think about, and I have a lot of other stuff to think about.
I'm much better in a spontaneous setting. Multiple people have called me a professor because I can summarize a topic in 10-15 minutes fairly well: just give me a whiteboard and let me go.
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Thankfully, talks are of my own volition. I don't know if I would enjoy them more / less if they were part of my work.
I do know, speaking of grad school, that it was probably wise to get out of academia. Though we all have romantic memories of those days, that is one tough ride.
But what a ride it was...
I'm at the point where I'm trying to work as much of that kind of speaking into my work as I can...
I gave a dry-run today, and will be doing another next week. We feel much more sanguine about the whole enterprise.
I think part of my general process is getting wound up and vengeful towards my activity. This was true for school, and is true for writing, working out, and talks.
I'm a conflicted soul. What can I say?
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