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! 🎙 Connect with Sashrika Kaur: https://linkedin.com/in/sashrika-kaur https://twitter.com/sashrikakaur Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/L5TFtJet-Ic New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to ⁠Xebia⁠ for sponsoring this episode! 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!