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[quote=Anonymous][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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No problem with the speaking he does! I’m more curious about it. It wouldn’t be top on my list to spend my time that way. Just wondering what it is that he gets out of it. What is it that all this speaking is giving him? I’m not getting it. [/quote]

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