Episode 015: Zuri Hunter as Queen of Hackathons




Greater Than Code show

Summary: <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Panelists: </b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/jessitron"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jessica Kerr</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ianthro"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Astrid Countee</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/CoralineAda"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coraline Ada Ehmke</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> |<br> </span><a href="http://twitter.com/geeksam"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sam Livingston-Gray</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Guest Starring:</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/ZuriHunter"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zuri Hunter</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Show Notes:</b></p> <p><b>00:16</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Welcome to “Snowpocalypse!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”</span></p> <p><b>01:50</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Zuri’s Background and Origin Story</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zurihunter.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blog<br> </span></a><a href="https://www.digitalglobe.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Digital Globe<br> </span></a><a href="https://www.womenwhocode.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Women Who Code</span></a></p> <p><b>04:19</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Hackathons</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blog.codewithveni.com/meet-zuri-queen-hackathons/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meet Zuri. The Queen of Hackathons.<br> </span></a><a href="http://colorcoded.voxmedia.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Color Coded</span></a></p> <p><b>16:37</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Overcoming Shyness</span></p> <p><b>20:47 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Navigating the Channels of Your Career</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Graphical User Interface (GUI)</span></a></p> <p><b>27:07</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Developing Skills and Keeping up with New Technologies</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-solutions-architect-associate/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">AWS Certified Solutions Architect</span></a></p> <p><b>33:31</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Hiring Practices; Culture Fit</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://hbr.org/2016/12/research-how-subtle-class-cues-can-backfire-on-your-resume"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Research: How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on Your Resume (“No Silver Bullet” for D&amp;I)<br> </span></a><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-09/facebook-s-hiring-process-hinders-its-effort-to-create-a-diverse-workforce"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook’s Hiring Process Hinders Its Effort to Create a Diverse Workforce<br> </span></a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/22/technology/an-imbalance-casting-a-wider-net-to-attract-computing-women.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">An Imbalance; Casting a Wider Net to Attract Computing Women (“Dave-to-Girl Ratio”)</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>We are (currently) listener supported!<br> Support us via </b><a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode"><b>Patreon</b></a><b>!<br> </b><b>Thank you, Colin Bruce, for your support!</b></p> <p><b>50:23</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Leading While Learning</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Takeaways:</b></p> <p><b>Jessica:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Helping others in small ways. #Micromentoring!</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="und"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/micromentoring?src=hash">#micromentoring</a> <a href="https://t.co/D51s0HoA8m">https://t.c</a></p> </blockquote>