My First Public Talk — What Actually Stuck With Me

I gave my first public talk a few weeks ago. Then I spent four days proving my own point — not on the AI, on the slides. It was at the Adelaide Azure User Group. Thanks to Simon Cook from Encode Talent for the introduction and nudge to speak, and to Sam Fernando for running it. I dragged my coworker Simeon from Biz Hub along for the ride. The talk was about practical AI implementation in enterprise environments. The central theme was simple: the AI model is usually the easy part. Everything around it is where the real work happens.