Talks & Such: International Women’s Day 2020 with Women Techmakers Brunei, Part I
Five years ago, I was part of a local women’s tech seminar and, on stage, had a cringey experience (read: I embarrassed myself). There is a blog post for this that I’ve never managed to finished, haha.
When I signed up for another women’s tech event this year, I wasn’t really thinking of that previous incident. Because I’m optimistic sometimes.
In February this year, I signed up to present a talk, and to conduct a workshop, at an International Women’s Day 2020 (IWD2020) event, organised by Women Techmakers Brunei (WTM Brunei) and GDG Brunei.
- Link to event website
- One-day event of talks and workshops, open to all genders and all skill levels
- 8 March 2020 at Royal Brunei Campus, Jalan Kustin
- Organised by Women Techmakers Brunei and GDG Brunei
Photo from Syuaib Rahman (GDG Brunei)
Here’s the graphics for the talk, the workshop and the event itself:
Talk: Self-Taught Programmer: An Experience
Group Activity: Networking For People Who Don’t Like Networking
So how did my activities go? Spoiler alert: The cringe was back.
In reflection, and after talking to others, ‘cringe’ is inevitable for some of us when we recall our past work. And I cringe when I remember my talk. But I’m glad to say that it was offset by a pretty great experience with the networking activity. *
This is part one! This post will cover my decision (or lack of) on the topics, and some thoughts on my talk “Self-Taught Programmer: An Experience”.
* My networking activity will be covered in a separate post, part two.
