How to become a famous Rails Developer, Ruby Rockstar or Code Ninja

Rockstars, ninjas, gurus. It's all insecurity if you ask me.

The speaker put the transcript for his talk on Github: <a href="https://gist.github.com/0a2655aed6a26fa15a02" rel="nofollow">https://gist.github.com/0a2655aed6a26fa15a02</a>.

In other news: How to become just a developer

it improves around minute 10, that's where he stops the humorous intro &#38; starts talking about being a developer.

I've begun to dislike Youtube because of the fact that it doesn't offer downloads.<p>I dug up the video on blip.tv. If you are interested <a href="http://railsconf.blip.tv/file/2086330" rel="nofollow">http://railsconf.blip.tv/file/2086330</a> (yes it allows download).

If its going to sound like he's reading, I'd rather just read the it.<p>Delivering a fully written out speech word for word in a compelling manner is really hard, so I don't mean that as a criticism, but it was a little hard to listen to.

Stop talking, start doing. After a while you'll become a ninja/guru/rockstar/superstar/ubber nerd/super geek/jesus/zombie/whatever you wanna call yourself.

I'm voting that the original poster should have removed the word 'rockstar' and 'ninja' from the title, specific for HN. Just sayin.

I can't tell if this guy is just nervous, or a terrible presenter. A little of both, I'd guess.