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Debian Developers Weighed The Idea Of Not Allowing Q&A Sessions At Their Conference
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Just take a look where this come from: https://twitter.com/mariatta/status/1038110484673622016
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That's a good decision. I hate all seminars where the speaker cannot speak half-decent English and makes following a session a pain. Why should the listeners deal with such adversities, but the speaker should be spared from Q&A? Makes no sense. The more difficult it is to follow a session (for whatever reason) the more questions there will be and these better get answered than ignored.
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Originally posted by sdack View PostThat's a good decision. I hate all seminars where the speaker cannot speak half-decent English and makes following a session a pain. Why should the listeners deal with such adversities, but the speaker should be spared from Q&A? Makes no sense. The more difficult it is to follow a session (for whatever reason) the more questions there will be and these better get answered than ignored.
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This is pure echochamber insanity. If your ideas aren't solid enough to stand a Q&A then maybe you shouldn't be presenting them in the first place. Last time I checked these were voluntary events so it's completely up to you to decide if you have the confidence to hold a presentation.
It's not like I haven't preferred not to do Q&A after college presentations myself, but the only solution is to think through your material and deal with it if you want the extra credits. Most of the questions are genuinely contributing to the presentation anyway. See it as an extra chance to say the stuff you missed in the presentation.
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