Scaling Trust through Public Engagement: Speaking and Blogs

In the last chapter, we talked about contributing to open source projects to increase your skills and advance your career. Trust is one of the most important currencies for your career growth. You need it for both contributing to open source projects and for public speaking. When people trust you, you have access to better positions and more interesting projects. So far, you have been building trust by working closely with people in communities and open source. Now, it is time to build trust at scale. Public speaking and sharing allow you to do that, and that’s what this chapter is all about. In this chapter, we will cover what public speaking really is, how to overcome fear and anxiety, how to generate and present your content, and how to find where to start sharing.

Trust is one of the most important things in our careers. When we have trust, we can get amazing jobs, get offered better positions, and gain more...