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Everything about conference speaking with Karl Hughes

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Speaking at Tech Conferences seems ... daunting

Especially as a junior developer. Would anyone be interested in what you have to say as a less experienced developer?

The answers may surprise you!

Karl Hughes joins us this week to spill the proverbial beans on conference talks, submitting proposals, and writing abstracts.

Karl is a startup CTO, senior PHP developer, and also the man behind CFP Land, a newsletter dedicated to informing you on CFP deadlines and details like travel reimbursement policies for various conferences.

Show Notes

  • 1:10 - Intro and about Karl
  • 3:36 - Karl's Tech Stack (Angular/Laravel)
  • 4:17 - The power of Laravel and Ruby on Rails
  • 5:19 - NestJS, Laravel of JavaScript?
  • 6:32 - Why Laravel/RoR are startup favorites
  • 7:57 - Angular 2+
  • 9:48 - Incorporating design patterns from frameworks into your own development

  • 11:15 - CFP Land and why Karl got into speaking

    • Why speaking is valuable for early-stage startups
  • 13:15 - What is a CFP? (Call for Proposals)
  • 15:26 - Tracking Travel Costs through CFP Land
  • 16:23 - Why Speaking is great for personal and company brand-building
  • 17:20 - Companies with lots of speakers at conferences are probably investing in education for their developers
  • 18:14 - Should Early Career speakers apply to speak at conferences?
  • 19:56 - "Spiky knowledge"
  • 22:44 - How to pick a topic for a conference talk
  • 25:51 - Travel Reimbursement

  • 27:39 - Getting your Boss to cover your tickets/travel

    • Recruiting, Advertising may be worth more to your company than your tickets/airfare
    • Swamphacks
  • 30:59 - What conferences should we be on the lookout for?

  • 32:38 - Cancelled Conferences

    • Node Atlanta/NgAtlanta
  • 34:37 - How to pick a title and write an abstract
  • 38:59 - Should the talk title be spicy 🌶🌶🌶?
  • 39:40 - Content tips? Do you write the talk after getting accepted?
  • 43:46 - Other tips for speaking
  • 48:43 - Does your popularity affect your chances of being selected?
  • 51:10 - Stage Fright
  • 52:50 - Video Demos

  • 55:29 - Where to find CFP Land

  • 56:25 - Nerd Minute

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Wed, March 11, 2020, 1:00 PM UTC