Beyond Coding Hackathon Awesomeness, Career Benefits and Culture with Sashrika Kaur
I’ve never heard someone talk bad about hackathons. Everyone loves it.
The projects that’ve been built during hackathons have even been the start of a company, of something big.
But what about hackathons make people like it so much. Is it the people, the format, the culture?
Sashrika Kaur comes on to discuss all these things and more!
Enjoy! 🎙
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https://twitter.com/sashrikakaur
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OUTLINE:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:29 - Sashrika moving to London
00:02:37 - Friendships across the world
00:03:09 - How Sashrika got involved in Major League Hacking
00:05:51 - Innovation Days vs. hackathons
00:09:13 - People love hackathons
00:13:36 - A focus on collaboration
00:15:04 - Building things from scratch
00:18:14 - The perfect duration of a hackathon
00:20:07 - hackathon skills that translate to your career
00:23:47 - The benefit of reading code
00:25:05 - Competitiveness in developing software
00:27:01 - Personal insecurities in hackathons
00:32:21 - It's about the outcomes
00:32:57 - Good vs. great hackathons
00:37:16 - Why the term "hacker"?
00:39:57 - Optimal team sizes
00:41:49 - What do you become a hackathon coach?
00:44:04 - Why Sashrika works in big tech
00:48:23 - Balancing the workload
00:51:41 - More or less hackathons?
00:55:21 - Go to hackathons!