This is a talk that aims to motivate people to share their knowledge, but also to recognize the significance of mental health and personal growth in their lives.

In this session I share my journey from being a young student afraid of speaking in public, to speaking at international events for the better part of 10 years, to being an experienced presenter who is once again feeling uneasy about speaking in public and is fighting against social anxiety and the impostor syndrome in a post-COVID world.

In this talk, I go over some of the thoughts people have when presented with the idea of speaking at a conference, such as “Who even am I?” “I don’t know anything worth sharing”, “Yeah, but surely everyone knows that” or “People would leave the room”. I will provide details of the fears I have identified myself, the ones people have shared with me, and some tips to help overcome them. By the end of my session attendees will be able to answer the question “Why would anyone want to come to my talk?” by themselves.

This session had an overwhelmingly good reception at DevOpsDays Caceres 2023 hihgligting the importance of these kind of topics being brought up, and in particular, how one can embrace their failures and grow from those experiences.