Building Many of Herself: Chioma Aso on Engineering Management, Space, Gaming, and STEAM Divas

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Guest: Chioma Aso
Speaker mapping confidence: high

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• 13:15–13:21 — Chioma delivers the most quotable line of the episode — 'I can lose money and I will make it back. I can't make time back.' — with calm conviction. Emotionally striking and universally relatable.
• 06:45–06:52 — Chioma describes getting 360 feedback that stepping in to do her team's work was actually hurting them — a counterintuitive management insight delivered with genuine surprise and self-awareness.
• 37:10–37:16 — She explains the SciTech Trees workshop — girls styling hair with servo motors and Arduino — a vivid, concrete image that captures the STEAM Divas mission in seconds.
• 32:05–32:11 — Chioma's hardware-vs-software analogy lands visually: 'Software is like the spirit and hardware is like the physical body.' Short, memorable, and slightly playful in delivery.

Hero clip currently cut from candidate #1. To change it, re-run:
python pipeline/clip.py PLACEHOLDER_VIDEO_ID --start <MM:SS> --end <MM:SS> --slug <slug>

Review checklist

• Speaker mapping correct (HOST vs GUEST not flipped)
• Every quoted sentence is verbatim from the transcript
• No invented facts or quotes
• Hero clip is the right moment, silent, loops cleanly
• Title + description (≤155 chars) + 4–6 tags present
• Guest name/bio + video link correct

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