Minutes: GitHub-education AMA with Emma Bostian
This happened on https://www.twitch.tv/githubeducation. Notes to self, mostly paraphased.
On Being a Content Creator
- Write, even if topic has been poached before
- Know medium hacks: tagging, back-linking, etc…
On Learning and Resources
- csstricks
- frontendmasters
- freecodecamp
On Books
- The Culture Map
- Why we sleep
- Atomic Habits
On Interviews
- How you collaborate, handle people problems
- Sound like you have an answer by thinking/writing beforehand
- Be honest
On Time
- Sleep is under-rated
On Diagrams
- Procreate
- Sigma
On Community
- Conferences
On Her Interviews Google vs Spotify
- No focus on framework
- Plain HTML/CSS
- Asynchronous programming
- DS and Algo
On Hackathons vs Internships
- She hates hackathons
- Those are for sponsors to do work for them
On Portfolio
- Even having a project that showcases some skills is good
- Doesn’t need to be complex
On Interviews: Bad Experiences
- She rejected a company and they spite her with surprise technical interview
- Cool story
On Internships Again
- Just apply
- Companies don’t always know what they are looking for
