Why So Angry, Soo? Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And ...
summary
Years of avoiding stages and travel-safety hacks lead to one clear claim: public speaking anxiety is survivable with concrete practices and community support. Anecdotes include taxi attack, lost promotion after a mic flare, persistent harassment, and a coffee incident that flips to kindness. Practical tools are status calls, asking audiences questions, and using DevOps as a safe word. The breakthrough works: anxiety remains but speaking becomes doable and collaborative.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Start
- 0:27BAGGAGE
- 0:43ROAMING WAS REAL
- 1:14TRAVELING WASN'T SAFE
- 1:29ANXIETY IS STATUS QUO
- 2:45GOT KNOCKED DOWN
- 3:00LOST A PROMOTION
- 4:01SHARING IS CARING
- 4:16CURRENT STATE
- 4:31FUTURE STATE
- 4:47DEVOPS IS THE SAFE PLACE
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