Hackathon Awesomeness, Career Benefits and Culture with Sashrika Kaur from Beyond Coding

Hackathon Awesomeness, Career Benefits and Culture with Sashrika Kaur

57 minutes Posted May 24, 2023 at 2:00 pm.

Intro

Sashrika moving to London

Friendships across the world

How Sashrika got involved in Major League Hacking

Innovation Days vs. hackathons

People love hackathons

A focus on collaboration

Building things from scratch

The perfect duration of a hackathon

hackathon skills that translate to your career

The benefit of reading code

Competitiveness in developing software

Personal insecurities in hackathons

It's about the outcomes

Good vs. great hackathons

Why the term "hacker"?

Optimal team sizes

What do you become a hackathon coach?

Why Sashrika works in big tech

Balancing the workload

More or less hackathons?

Go to hackathons!

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Show notes

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! 🎙

Connect with Sashrika Kaur:

https://linkedin.com/in/sashrika-kaur

https://twitter.com/sashrikakaur

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https://youtu.be/L5TFtJet-Ic

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