> Engineering in the real world is maybe 30% calculations and typical "sciency" work, the other 70% is documentation and communicating to people.
This is why I spend at least time coaching public speaking skills when building engineering teams, nominally in the context of giving tech talks within the team -- followed by specific, actionable, and kind feedback.
Presentation tools exist for good reasons, but are generally disliked because they are seldom used to convey information effectively.
But when you figure out your personal speaking style, and can stand in front of a room and keep them engaged during the course of a presentation... that's a game-changer.
This is why I spend at least time coaching public speaking skills when building engineering teams, nominally in the context of giving tech talks within the team -- followed by specific, actionable, and kind feedback.
Presentation tools exist for good reasons, but are generally disliked because they are seldom used to convey information effectively.
But when you figure out your personal speaking style, and can stand in front of a room and keep them engaged during the course of a presentation... that's a game-changer.