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> Even at large events half the presenters appear to have never even seen the deck before

In my experience in academia, most of them wrote the slides just before going up to present

In fact it seems to be almost a badge of honour for the older professors. They pride themselves on giving lazy and unprepared talks. Why? Because it shows that they have earned not having to care anymore, they are powerful enough now that they don't have to perform



I often finish the slides right before going up to present. They're mostly there as a visual flourish rather than the main content of my talk.




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