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I spoke at AWS Community Day in Munich: how I prepared and how it went.

Davide de Paolis on September 19, 2023

At the beginning of the year, I set myself the goal of speaking at a conference. I applied to a bunch of them, of any size, location and format, th...

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Michael Tharrington • Sep 19 '23

This is a wonderful post, Davide! So thorough and informative.

So awesome that this was your first time speaking at a conference. You definitely did a great job prepping in advance; clearly, it worked. 🙌

The learnings recap is super helpful too. Love this bit!

One day, I wanna speak at a conference. I'm bookmarking this post to reference later! Thanks a bunch! 😀

Davide de Paolis • Sep 19 '23

thank you for your kind words. glad you liked the post Michael!

Ben Halpern • Sep 19 '23

Congrats!

Johannes Koch • Sep 19 '23

Thank you for sharing and for writing this up, David.

Encouraging for everyone that wants to start his speaker career!

Monica Colangelo • Sep 19 '23

It was incredibly refreshing to see such a human perspective on the experience. Many articles on this topic tend to focus solely on the technical advice, but you’ve beautifully highlighted the human element which is often hidden, especially by men. Kudos to you for sharing such a genuine and insightful piece. You did an outstanding job!

Davide de Paolis • Sep 20 '23

thanks Monica! as a self taught developer (that started with programming way later than the usual hacker kids) I have been struggling (and still struggle ) a lot with imposter syndrome.
Blogs, Instagram , LinkedIn, etc although great resources to learn and be inspired are only amplifying this feeling of "everybody is so competent and confident...!!!" . I think showing vurnerability is important for our growth and that of others!

thanks for taking the time for writing such a nice comment