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I thought the author was sincere after the first read. I read it after reading your comment and respectfully disagree about the author's ego. I have never been
by willyg123 7y ago
I thought the author was sincere after the first read. I read it after reading your comment and respectfully disagree about the author's ego. I have never been a conference speaker so perhaps I am not the best judge.
- letstrynvm 7y agoI skipped the rest after his trying to equate concluding you're not going to get accepted to a particular conference with 'ego'. Having self-respect and deciding not to keep uselessly abasing yourself to a clique that's never going to anoint you is perfectly reasonable. As the previous poster said the article author seems over-blessed with ego thinking he knows enough to hand out blanket advice putting the fault on others.