Two years of SuperHeroValley: lessons learnt and future plans

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1. Luca Corbucci
   Two years of Superhero
   Valley: lessons learnt and
   future plans
   

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2. whoami
   • 👨💻 Ph.D. Student @ University of Pisa
   
   
   • 🎤 Podcaster @ PointerPodcast
   
   
   • 🦸 Co-Organizer @ Superhero Valley
   
   
   • Co-Organizer @ Pisa.dev
   
   
   • 🌏 lucacorbucci.me
   @lucacorbucci
   

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3. Who We Are
   Remo Andreoli
   Alessandro Berti Eugenio Paluello
   Luca Corbucci
   Ph.D. Student,
   
   
   Sant’Anna
   
   
   School of Advanced Studies
   
   
   Ph.D. Student,
   
   
   University of Pisa
   Ph.D. Student,
   
   
   University of Pisa
   Blockchain Developer
   
   
   @ Polygon
   
   
   @lucacorbucci
   

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4. What is Superhero
   Valley?
   

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5. 🌍
   What is Superhero Valley?
   Online
   
   
   Community
   💶
   No Profit
   

   Community
   ❌
   🌉
   A bridge between
   
   
   University and
   

   tech companies
   @lucacorbucci
   

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6. 🦸
   🦸
   What we offer
   Talks Mock Interviews
   Exercise Groups
   Talks are useful to raise
   

   awareness of opportunities
   

   offered by Big Tech companies
   

   and to motivate students
   It’s better to prepare an
   

   interview with other people!
   Test yourself with a mock
   

   interview
   @lucacorbucci
   

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7. What we offer
   A Discord
   

   server
   CV Review
   📄
   A wiki
   🔍
   We help you to write
   

   and to improve your CV
   A space where everyone
   

   can ask questions and
   

   receive feedbacks
   A place with useful resource
   

   to prepare an interview
   @lucacorbucci
   

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8. Our Story
   

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9. Today
   +1400 members
   
   
   +35 Talks
   🦸
   March 2021
   200 members
   October 2021
   1200 members
   🇮🇹
   November 2020
   90 members
   September 2020
   4 founders
   

   and a
   

   superhero
   🦸 🚀
   @lucacorbucci
   

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10. What have we
    learnt?
    

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11. Managing a
    community is hard
    (And it is also time consuming)
    @lucacorbucci
    

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12. Integrating people
    

    into the staff is hard
    @lucacorbucci
    

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13. Creating a sense of
    community is hard
    (Especially if you are running an online community)
    @lucacorbucci
    

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14. Why do we do this?
    

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15. To prevent people from making
    the same mistakes as us
    @lucacorbucci
    

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16. Future Projects
    

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17. Say hello to our new
    Mentorship Program
    🦸
    @lucacorbucci
    

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18. Applications are
    open until 23/10
    @lucacorbucci
    

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19. Thank you
    🌍 superherovalley.fun
    discord.superherovalley.fun
    📨 info@superheroesvalley.fun
    @lucacorbucci
    

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