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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He's building his brand. He doesn't want to be a lifer as a techie in a dead-end low-end Federal job. [/quote]

Op here. This is on the nose. Except that there is no money in this field so he is branding himself for just internal stuff I think. The rest of us speak some but less than him.

The reality is that he isn’t running away from a dead end job or really toward anything lucrative. He does seem to have a compulsion toward anything that will get his name and title on a flyer or web site. Just find it so interesting, the psychological compulsion. [/quote]

Are you jealous of the speaking engagements he has?  It sounds like you are, a bit.

You said he isn’t lazy or unpleasant, he just has lots of speaking engagements and that he works on projects when he isn’t doing that — and it sounds like he is competent when he is working so that isn’t the concern.

What is your actual problem with him speaking?  Attending meetings is a silly gripe.

IME if you want to be on point for speaking engagements, you need to do them, and do them well.

I speak a fair bit (and am a woman).  Most of my engagements come from people who see me present, then send me an offer to participate in their thing because they know that I will do a decent job.

I actually don’t ENJOY it at all, I am a complete introvert.  But it’s part of the job so I do all the presentations my boss thinks are a good idea.  Too many!

If you want to do this more, accept invites and be prepared.

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