MY HACKATHON EXPERIENCES
Manoj Pandey
CS Sophomore
Python Developer
Email: manojpandey1996@gmail.com
Website: http://manojpandey.me
@manojpandey96
WHAT the heck is a Hackathon ?
In simple terms, it's just building software/hardware sitting for some 20-30 hours and coming up with a solution to some problem.
Types of hackathons
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Open theme
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Theme based
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Hack for Hire
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For Fun
Pre-requisites ?
NONE.
Should I wait before I get some experience ?
Just go and attend one.
Free food and swag (lots of..)
GHCI conference
PolicyHack
Build your idea
Hack through the night !
Discuss with Mentors
Judging stage
Pitch your idea
Results
After PolicyHack ..
Fully funded trip to Harvard University
This is CS50
Data Science class
The Stata Center
Solve@MIT
HackCancer
@Boston University
Engineering School @BU
Hardware access
Pitch time
AngelHack 2015
Delhi Edition
Team PiedPiper
Product: Phantom (Scraping as a Service)
Free Food
Stressed ?
You won't get bored !!
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
Randy Pausch @ CMU
Don’t Reinvent the Wheel
“Good artists copy. Great artists steal.” — Pablo Picasso
Many great leaders have proven that the fastest way to master any skill, strategy or goal in life is to model those who have already forged the path ahead. If you can find someone who is already getting the results that you want and take the same actions they are taking, you can get the same results.
Deconstruct the skill
The next step to hacking the learning curve is to deconstruct the skill into its basic, fundamental components.
Break down the parts and find the most important things to practice first.
For example: If you’re trying to learn a musical instrument, you should know the few, most common chords that gives you access to 80% of songs.
Pareto's principle: 20-80 Rule
Stop Multitasking
Expert-level performance is primarily the result of expert-level practice, not due to innate talent.
Practice and Repeat!
Don't quit
Summary
- Model an expert who’s been there and don’t reinvent the wheel
- Deconstruct the skills that will deliver 80% of results
- Stop Multitasking
- Reps, reps, reps! then seek immediate feedback
- Go Long and don’t quit before or during the dip
Source: https://medium.com/life-hacking-2/the-ultimate-guide-to-learning-anything-faster-4ef555034c8c
Questions ?
Thank You.
manojpandey
My Hackathon journey
By Manoj Pandey
My Hackathon journey
Experiences from hackathons I participated, and how to get started !
