I feel like lately, almost all talks at tech conferences are a way to stand at a platform (now a virtual one) and sell or promote something. Either a new library/project/framework/SaaS product or something and has led me to the question a couple of times...
What to talk about that is useful, not live-coding and not selling.
Some topics to consider:
1) here’s how I solved a complex problem
2) I tried this library and learned something from it.
3) these three products all do the same thing, here’s what I learned after trying all three.
4) here’s how I learned to do x
Yea, so many talks are like this. "Hey, I am using [Language X], and at our company we spent the last year building [Product Y], and here's our experience", then proceeds to spend 75% of the speaking time more or less blatantly selling that product.
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I feel like lately, almost all talks at tech conferences are a way to stand at a platform (now a virtual one) and sell or promote something. Either a new library/project/framework/SaaS product or something and has led me to the question a couple of times...
What to talk about that is useful, not live-coding and not selling.
Some topics to consider:
1) here’s how I solved a complex problem
2) I tried this library and learned something from it.
3) these three products all do the same thing, here’s what I learned after trying all three.
4) here’s how I learned to do x
Appreciate the response. I guess what's left for me is to solve a complex problem or trying new libraries/products haha.
I have some more learning to do. omw
Yea, so many talks are like this. "Hey, I am using [Language X], and at our company we spent the last year building [Product Y], and here's our experience", then proceeds to spend 75% of the speaking time more or less blatantly selling that product.