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by pmdulaney
1899 days ago
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It sounds like you're asking primarily about participating in meetings more than giving formal presentations. Here are some of my ideas. * Set a good example for kindness. Show respect to everyone, praise others by name when you think they've made a good point, give other speakers your attention and smile at them with your eyes. * Be humble and be willing to admit what you don't know. * If you feel that you're not being given respect, there is a tendency to finally blurt out words of anger towards someone. Don't do that -- it will set you back quite a bit. * Wait until you have a good insight before piping up. That way it will be easier to defend yourself and your idea if it gets challenged. On any team there is usually at least one person who has the reputation that "she doesn't speak very often, but when she does, it's worth paying attention." Not a bad person to be. * As you get more experience it gets easier to think on the fly. Just look at Aaron Rogers! His banter is much improved over the course of just one week. (And probably much less than a week in real time.) |
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It takes confidence to do this, but it is infinitely better than giving a bad or bullshit answer. No one knows everything, and there's no shame in that.
> * If you feel that you're not being given respect, there is a tendency to finally blurt out words of anger towards someone.
I think the Hacker News guidelines [1] state this well:
> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html