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# Tahlla Taylor Interview
### April 19, 2021
**Course:** Cyber
**University:** The University of Texas at Dallas 


### Personal Questions
*Tell me about yourself.*
- Masters student at 
- Presidnet of international security organization
    - Founded chapter for masters outreach
    - Had panel of cybersecurity professionals
- Officer of cyber security org
    - Director of technical workshops
    - In charge of making the slides and content
- Women in cybersecurity
    - Moving into VP position
    - Helpign with external and internal communications
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- Loves cybersecurity
- Switched from music to cybersecurity

*Why do you want to apply as a Tech Fellow?*
- Note

*What skills do you have that would contribute as a Tech Fellow? Prior experiences?*
- Note

*What does it take to build a good community in the classroom?*
- lesson plan and having an objective
- small groups having the teacher visit the small groups
- Brain break: Ask a question and ask your neighbor. Either answer the question or talk to their neighbor. Win win.
- Office hours
- Finish each class with a time to ask questions

*What skills do you want to build/improve on? (technical/non-technical)*
- Nice setup: has lots of content to work with
- Netcat was the hardest for me

*How was the TF application process? Would you make any changes to improve it?*
- Improve prework. Had to take a guess on what was included in the gif


*[Current/Former Students] Describe your CodePath experience so far*
- Really nice
- Slack team responds within 24 hours
- Did require a lot of work (especially with honeypot)
- Really liked the kahoot every wednesday (a reason to study every week)


### Live Demo 
Applicants should present their favorite tool that they used from the previous course that they've taken with. This should be presented through slides.

* **Additional notes:**
    * Defined important terms in the beginning :+1: 
    * clean slide design and graphics:+1: 
    * Great speaking skills :+1: 
    * Consider leaving time in between slides for questions :100: 
* **Verdict:** **Pass**

### Tech Fellow Covid Grant

Grant of `$599` sent directly to tech fellows via PayPal. All Tech Fellows can apply (for-credit, non-credit, returning, new, etc.). To qualify, TFs must:

* Write an essay about COVID + CodePath community-building
* Attend + Participate 9-week leadership training
* Recruit minimum of 15 students (Admitted status)

Application Opens: tba
Application Deadline: tba


ASK TF IF ANY QUESTIONS?

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