"Get strong technical expertise and also work to get great communication skills. Great tech skills and being too nervous when presenting your work will lead people to think you don’t know your stuff. If you’re not comfortable speaking in front of others, join Toastmasters or get a speaking coach, or force yourself to give more talks and make friends in the audience who videotape you and take notes of suggestions of what you can do better. As painful as it is to talk in front of others, you will get past the pain with practice and feedback, and it will help you enormously in your career. I once flunked show-and-tell, and dreaded being in front of audiences—my legs shook like a sewing machine. Now I give keynote talks and people really listen and learn."
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