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Tech Conference - Public Speaking Newsletter #462

Closed dakshgautam1 closed 6 years ago

dakshgautam1 commented 6 years ago

I have been involved with python and js ecosystem for more than a year. I have always wanted to speak at tech conferences, but there are a few questions that come to my mind

  1. How to choose a topic?
  2. How to know if the topic is pretty basic or advanced?
kentcdodds commented 6 years ago

Hi @dakshgautam1!

How to choose a topic?

I pretty much just think of anything I've been working on or learned recently that I thought was interesting. I also consider things that I would like to know more about. Then I reduce that list to things I think people may find interesting (most of the time everything makes the cut). Then I make realistic proposals out of that.

How to know if the topic is pretty basic or advanced?

Interesting question... I don't normally worry too much about that unless the organizers are asking. If they do I generally have an intuition for it, but if you're unsure, then ask a few of your friends.

It also depends on the conference attendees. For example, if I were to talk about async/await at a JavaScript conference, that might be beginner material, but if it were at a general software developer conference, that may be intermediate or advanced for them.

Good luck!