--- title: An update on public speaking | daily.dev description: A personal update from a test automation trainer and consultant reflecting on his career-focus decision five months earlier. He describes cutting back on... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/an-update-on-public-speaking-6ylckblkf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: An update on public speaking | daily.dev og:description: A personal update from a test automation trainer and consultant reflecting on his career-focus decision five months earlier. He describes cutting back on... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/an-update-on-public-speaking-6ylckblkf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6YlcKBlkF.png og:image:alt: An update on public speaking og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # An update on public speaking **[On Test Automation](https://daily.dev/sources/ontestautomation)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal update from a test automation trainer and consultant reflecting on his career-focus decision five months earlier. He describes cutting back on actively pursuing speaking gigs, still submitting talks to a short list of favorite conferences (EuroSTAR, AutomationSTAR, Targeting Quality), and increasingly enjoying invited keynotes despite fewer overall talks in the current year compared to the previous one. He mentions upcoming keynotes at Testear.la, CypressConf, and the inaugural Taqelah Testing Conference in Singapore, and closes with an open invitation for event organizers looking for a keynote speaker. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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