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What can i contribute?...

jrogers8835 — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 03:53:50 +0000

Joining DEV has sparked my intrigue at creating content again. I just have 2 problems.

1) I feel like I have nothing novel to contribute. Any content I could create has been done 100 times over.

2) I'm not sure if I want to deal with the negative comments about the bad habits and antipatterns I'm sure I've baked in to my daily routine.

For those who generate content, especially regularly, how do you know what's worth posting? And how were your experiences with negativity or non-constructive criticism?

Thanks!

Ps. I'm a Staff SE with 8 years experience coding professionally... I don't think it's imposter syndrome. Could be though.

The curse of public speaking with career growth

jrogers8835 — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 16:43:36 +0000

So I, again, find myself preparing for a presentation to roughly 100 people as part of my job. I find it interesting that the developer culture, stereotyped for being introverts, require more and more public speaking as you advance in your career. I've grown from nearly passing out at the idea, to nearly passing out during but getting the presentation done. I'm curious though, what are your experiences with growing in public speaking on the job and how do you deal with the fear of it (assuming you fear public speaking)?

Auto heart on replies?

jrogers8835 — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:09:59 +0000

I'm kind of new here but every time I reply to a post it puts a heart on it from myself automatically... is this just happening for me? Is this a feature like putting "write to do list" on your to do list so you can check it off? Or is this a bug?