[Chennaipy] Why newbies should do talks at Chennaipy

[Vijay Kumar]

On Thursday 15 January 2015 01:53 PM, Shrayas rajagopal wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Vijay Kumar<vijaykumar at bravegnu.org>  wrote:
>> f you are serious
>> about learning Python, then the best way to learn it is by teaching
>> others.
>
> I totally agree with this.
>
> I've observed that people often shy away from talking because of:
>
> 1. The "newbie" feeling
> 2. Stage fear
> 3. The fear that they may be wrong

+1

> 3. Have someone you look up to
> I've always looked up to Zach Holman[1] of GitHub. I love the way he
> makes his presentations and the way he talks. That is where I

My favorite is Prof. Anant Agarwal of MIT [1][2].  You can watch his
Lectures for the "Circuits and Electronics" course at
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-002-circuits-and-electronics-spring-2007/video-lectures/

Regards,
Vijay

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anant_Agarwal
[2] http://people.csail.mit.edu/agarwal/