I'm not a fan of giving talks either... so far, I haven't given a talk at a conference, though I was asked to a couple years ago. I completely chickened out and made my advisor do it, since I'd only been in the field for a couple of months and didn't think I could handle the q&a. After that, she said I would have to give one at the next conference, but when the time came, I basically refused... it would be important if I were going into academia, but I know I'm not going to, so I told her I didn't think that it was worth the torment. Thankfully, she understood, and didn't make me do it. Now, I'm always very specific on my abstracts -- I want to give a POSTER! At Gordons, the risk of a student being asked to give a talk is pretty slim anyway, so that makes me feel better.
Noooo, still not done. Bleah. It's data I've not written up or presented anywhere yet, so I'm starting from scratch, and it's still going pretty slowly. I'm reading my abstract from the last Gordon, and it's kind of crappy, so I'm not sure what I'm worrying about... I should just give myself a deadline, otherwise I'm going to spend all afternoon on it!
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Date: 2001-11-16 08:52 am (UTC)Noooo, still not done. Bleah. It's data I've not written up or presented anywhere yet, so I'm starting from scratch, and it's still going pretty slowly. I'm reading my abstract from the last Gordon, and it's kind of crappy, so I'm not sure what I'm worrying about... I should just give myself a deadline, otherwise I'm going to spend all afternoon on it!