This presentation was given at The Northern Conference in Edinburgh on 03/03/2017. For a blog by Emily on why coding is overtated, visit http://bit.ly/codingisoverated_emilystewart

1. Personal Development

7. Be patient with
yourselfWe all make mistakes, maybe its time for a walk.

8. Crowd source help
What communities and resources can help you?

9. Be prepared to work
40 hours on your own is the same as 1 week at
university

11. Skyscanner Growth

12. Growth hacker at Skyscanner

14. Roles within Growth Teams
Product Manager
Experiment
Roadmap
Growth Engineer
Implementation of
features & products
Growth Marketer
Own acquisition of
channel
Growth Analyst
Draw insights from data
Growth Designer
Creative or user
experience design and
implementation

15. https://medium.com/@Skyscanner/the-culture-of-growth-squads-in-skyscanner-26653e3590c4#.sdryrwowi

17. Coding is overrated
The most important thing is to learn how to ask
questions

18. Imposter syndrome is
realNever let it stop you from holding your hand up

19. Read Widely and
WildlyEverything and anything, all the time.
Aim for 12+ books a year

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