I’m not sure what your presentation was for, but as an academic who has watched many, many presentations, I guarantee yours was much better than you are imagining. I know this because a) people presenting in academic setting are way too hard on themselves, always, and b) because of a, everyome in academia is actually pretty cool about presentations.
Aw thanks. I appreciate it - it could’ve been a lot worse, but this legitimately was a “oh shit, my intro slides were still in draft phase” realisation 30 minute before the preso kind of thing, and I had exceeded my time limit not even halfway through the presentation. It’s easily the worst presentation I’ve given in my entire adult life, but I can kind of laugh at it now…
I got some softball questions that, due to total nerves, failed to completely understand at the time let alone answer coherently. But you’re right, everyone was nice enough about it, and although I’ll certainly get marks docked for rushing and going over time, I think the content was interesting enough for people to go “yeah that’ll do”. Nobody’s going to judge my worth on this thing. The thesis, otoh, might expose me as being academically anaemic - but I so don’t care because I have absolutely no interest in academia or doing any work in that sub-field!
I’m not sure what your presentation was for, but as an academic who has watched many, many presentations, I guarantee yours was much better than you are imagining. I know this because a) people presenting in academic setting are way too hard on themselves, always, and b) because of a, everyome in academia is actually pretty cool about presentations.
Aw thanks. I appreciate it - it could’ve been a lot worse, but this legitimately was a “oh shit, my intro slides were still in draft phase” realisation 30 minute before the preso kind of thing, and I had exceeded my time limit not even halfway through the presentation. It’s easily the worst presentation I’ve given in my entire adult life, but I can kind of laugh at it now…
I got some softball questions that, due to total nerves, failed to completely understand at the time let alone answer coherently. But you’re right, everyone was nice enough about it, and although I’ll certainly get marks docked for rushing and going over time, I think the content was interesting enough for people to go “yeah that’ll do”. Nobody’s going to judge my worth on this thing. The thesis, otoh, might expose me as being academically anaemic - but I so don’t care because I have absolutely no interest in academia or doing any work in that sub-field!