Timeline for Is it bad to finish your talk early at conferences?
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| Nov 15, 2022 at 8:08 | comment | added | EarlGrey | Life is too short and too interesting to cling on all the crappy things and the bad impressions. | |
| Nov 15, 2022 at 8:06 | comment | added | einpoklum | @EarlGrey : Depending on how bad the impression is. If you reach the conclusion the person is a hack and makes unfounded claims, you would likely remember that for quite a while. In OP's case, there would be no bad impression, just noting that they are stressed out. | |
| Nov 15, 2022 at 8:03 | comment | added | EarlGrey | @einpoklum yes, there may be an instantaneous bad impression. How long does it last? Would you remember name and affiliation(s) of the bad impressing speaker after one month? | |
| Nov 14, 2022 at 21:09 | comment | added | einpoklum | "There is no such a thing as a bad impression." <- Oh, yes there is. Of course, people account for how speaking at a conference is scary and stressful, but people can and do make bad impressions. | |
| Nov 14, 2022 at 17:27 | comment | added | Andreas Blass | I still remember one exceptionally bad talk from the 1980's. But I've forgotten lots of other bad talks. And, as far as I'm concerned, finishing a talk a bit early is a good thing. | |
| Nov 14, 2022 at 15:04 | comment | added | user2705196 | If you're in academia I'm sure you've heard the old adage 'every talk is a job talk'! | |
| Nov 14, 2022 at 14:42 | comment | added | EarlGrey | @TimRias I find very difficult to depict a bad presentation after years of PhD work (and maybe some postdoc) as a self-standing thing, it must be supported by equally bad publications disseminated along the years. | |
| Nov 14, 2022 at 13:46 | comment | added | TimRias | @EarlGrey You are likely to remember the bad impression, if the person shows up on a stack of postdoc applications. | |
| Nov 14, 2022 at 13:08 | comment | added | EarlGrey | @user2705196 yes, there may be an instantaneous bad impression. How long does it last? Would you remember name and affiliation(s) of the bad impressing speaker after one month? | |
| Nov 14, 2022 at 12:44 | comment | added | user2705196 | I agree that this almost certainly didn't leave a bad impression (because of finishing 2 minutes early). But there certainly is such a thing as leaving a bad impression with a conference talk... | |
| Nov 14, 2022 at 8:51 | history | edited | EarlGrey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 14, 2022 at 8:19 | history | answered | EarlGrey | CC BY-SA 4.0 |