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Craft a hypothetical story

Craft a hypothetical story

From the course: Presenting Technical Information with Stories

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Craft a hypothetical story

- Imagine applying for your first internship at a tech company. As you fill out the information requested on their website, you see that they want you to enter your GitHub account, but you don't have one. And there's a call scheduled with the recruiter in less than an hour. In this workshop, I'll walk you through setting up a GitHub account and adding some of your recent school projects. Don't worry, I'll make sure you're ready for that meeting with the recruiter. Now, we're not actually going to talk about GitHub, but you'll notice that I asked you to imagine a situation with me. I told a hypothetical story, like one you could use to start a technical presentation. These stories are useful when we need to avoid sharing confidential information about our company or our customers. They're also handy if we don't have a personal experience to build our story from. And here's the thing, even a made-up, hypothetical story…

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