[Inpycon] Development Sprints

[Arvi Krishnaswamy]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Haris Ibrahim K. V. <blucalvin at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 15 Oct 2014 12:39, "Noufal Ibrahim KV" <noufal at nibrahim.net.in> wrote:
> >
> >    1. Exclude first time speakers and introductory talks by people who
> >       have no real world experience with the topic. This improves the
> >       speakers.
>
> I would say this is a wrong attitude to have. Experienced speakers don't
> sprout on trees. It takes a long time for someone to get good at it.
>
> Also, having expert knowledge about a certain topic does not mean the
> person would have presentation skills as well.
>
> Almost all the Pycons around the world welcome first time speakers,
> including Pycon US.
>
> There should be an avenue for first timers to present and grow. At some
> point in time, the old will have to make way for the new. :)
>

I think we had 4-5 first time speakers this year, and there were at least
​2 that were well received. One of them was a student. As Noufal has
mentioned in his point #1, as long as the first time speaker has real world
experience with a topic and is credible, I dont see an issue. They gain a
spot on the schedule entirely on the merit of their content, and their age,
experience, or where they come from are not a factor.
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