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Anecdotally, I'm very comfortable with public speaking and presenting complex ideas, code, and architectures to a room of colleagues. I've given conference keyn
by bradneuberg 5y ago
Anecdotally, I'm very comfortable with public speaking and presenting complex ideas, code, and architectures to a room of colleagues. I've given conference keynotes to 1000s with no problems. However, high pressure technical whiteboards still cause my brain to freeze. So I think they are different parts of the brain, and doing well or not on a high pressure whiteboard doesn't correlate with how well that employee will do convincing and presenting complex ideas to coworkers (it's definitely not true in my own case, I know thats N=1, but its something).
- MisterBastahrd 5y agoI think I already addressed the whiteboarding issue. I don't find it to be useful in any setting other than a VERY high level discussion about architecture.
- lanstin 5y agoYeah, put the things on the white-board that you will need to be reminded over the next several months while you execute the details of the design.
- josephg 5y agoI disagree about this. I have a whiteboard at home just for programming work because it helps me think. When I find a problem difficult, I find it much easier to problem solve away from the computer. And I often prefer a whiteboard to paper for some reason.