Hackathon Awesomeness, Career Benefits and Culture with Sashrika Kaur

<p>I’ve never heard someone talk bad about hackathons. Everyone loves it.</p> <p>The projects that’ve been built during hackathons have even been the start of a company, of something big.</p> <p>But what about hackathons make people like it so much. Is it the people, the format, the culture?</p> <p><br></p> <p>Sashrika Kaur comes on to discuss all these things and more!</p> <p>Enjoy! 🎙</p> <p><br></p> <p>Connect with Sashrika Kaur:</p> <p><a href="https://linkedin.com/in/sashrika-kaur">https://linkedin.com/in/sashrika-kaur</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/sashrikakaur">https://twitter.com/sashrikakaur</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Full episode on YouTube ▶️</p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/L5TFtJet-Ic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://youtu.be/L5TFtJet-Ic</a></p> <p>New episodes every Wednesday with our host <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-akil">🎙Patrick Akil</a>!  </p> <p>Big shoutout to <a href="https://xebia.com/">⁠Xebia⁠</a> for sponsoring this episode!</p> <p><br></p> <p>OUTLINE:</p> <p>00:00:00 - Intro</p> <p>00:00:29 - Sashrika moving to London</p> <p>00:02:37 - Friendships across the world</p> <p>00:03:09 - How Sashrika got involved in Major League Hacking</p> <p>00:05:51 - Innovation Days vs. hackathons</p> <p>00:09:13 - People love hackathons</p> <p>00:13:36 - A focus on collaboration</p> <p>00:15:04 - Building things from scratch</p> <p>00:18:14 - The perfect duration of a hackathon</p> <p>00:20:07 - hackathon skills that translate to your career</p> <p>00:23:47 - The benefit of reading code</p> <p>00:25:05 - Competitiveness in developing software</p> <p>00:27:01 - Personal insecurities in hackathons</p> <p>00:32:21 - It&#39;s about the outcomes</p> <p>00:32:57 - Good vs. great hackathons</p> <p>00:37:16 - Why the term &quot;hacker&quot;?</p> <p>00:39:57 - Optimal team sizes</p> <p>00:41:49 - What do you become a hackathon coach?</p> <p>00:44:04 - Why Sashrika works in big tech</p> <p>00:48:23 - Balancing the workload</p> <p>00:51:41 - More or less hackathons?</p> <p>00:55: