Hi, my name is Vadym. I'm an introvert and I don't work for a big and very well known company. Until I turned 37 years old I didn't have any active social network presence and nobody knew me. And then in 2016 I decided to prepare my first public talk. Now, many years later I look back on more than 100 public speaking activities and 50 articles. In this talk I'd like to share my story and motivation behind this step and how I've built my personal branding since then. And of course, what I've learned along the way, and what being part of the tech community (mainly Java, AWS and Serverless) has given to me. And I want to encourage others to try out the same because I strongly believe that everybody has something to share and needs to do a small step to start doing it.

Hi, my name is Vadym. I'm an introvert and I don't work for a big and very well known company. Until I turned 37 years old I didn't have any active social network presence and nobody knew me. And then in 2016 I decided to prepare my first public talk. Now, many years later I look back on more than 100 public speaking activities and 50 articles. In this talk I'd like to share my story and motivation behind this step and how I've built my personal branding since then. And of course, what I've learned along the way, and what being part of the tech community (mainly Java, AWS and Serverless) has given to me. And I want to encourage others to try out the same because I strongly believe that everybody has something to share and needs to do a small step to start doing it.