5 reasons why programmers need a public speaking

Public speaking is an excellent way to collect all your information, but it’s not the only side. The audience at IT-events is quite active, so you can hope that people’s questions will highlight what you might still need to pull up and sort out and tell you in which direction to move on.

Of course, it applies more to conferences, but sometimes networking sessions happen at open meetups. How can good network be beneficial? Here is the obvious example: a familiar programmer can recommend you to his former place or even redirect the offer he cannot accept. One more simple fact: you’ll have somebody to ask if you have problems with the task, and GitHub keeps silent.

t will never be superfluous and will help when looking for a new job/company and requesting a raise in the current one - regardless of salary or position.

Not only are the performances themselves important here, but also the fact that you learn to present your ideas to the audience over and over again, defend your point of view, and substantiate conclusions. Are you applying for the team leader role, or are you aiming for management? Public speaking skills will definitely come in handy!

We also should add recognition in the professional community. Not everyone will reach this level, but it is worth it. Job offers, invitations to technological events, help search anything from 2000 (not 200!) contacts in Linkedin: new opportunities will appear one after another.

Imagine: you master some approach, trick, library, etc., and understand that its implementation in the corporate processes would save a lot of time for other developers. If you add a comparison with existing practice to your presentation, highlighting the pros and cons of both approaches, that will be great!

Another example: the team lead had offered everybody to learn a new tool, and no one was interested, but you did it and realized from personal experience how cool it is. Now, you are ready to inspire colleagues! Tunnel thinking is a sin that sometimes even the most outstanding minds indulge in, and everyone needs a look and sometimes a “magic kick” from the outside.

Some greedy people protect their wealth, like Scrooge McDuck, but most still enjoy sharing their experiences, finds, and discoveries. In addition, once a presentation is ready, you will save yourself from having to explain this or that topic to your colleagues for a long time: you can send the link - and that's all! If you become a mentor, the same presentation will be helpful for training interns.