Five Things You Need to Know Before Your First Hackathon

In this video, I provide insights from my 3 Hackathon experiences, 1 win and judged 2 hackathons.
1. What is a Hackathon?
2. Who should enter a Hackathon?
3. Why enter a Hackathon?
4. You will be sleep deprived, but there is free food.
5. How to Win a Hackathon
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[@skorakora]

I'm genius, I'm wathcing this during my Hackathon

[@hilariyushilariyus252]

😂😂

[@searchapostateprophetabdul2398]

😂

[@limynujes]

OMG Me too!!

[@lunaoftime]

Same 😂😂

[@ok-cq3wx]

Ok add me too 😂

[@mechsec4194]

1:44

[@7uv4n7]

You deserve a place in heaven

[@sujayalapati4765]

🐐

[@sandraaiden8587]

Thanks

[@Bittasur]

free food is my only motivation and also i dont have real friends to spend my weekend

[@lukedoyle7802]

This comment belongs in a muesum

[@Bad_Chad]

Wow, so very cool and impressive. Congrats to everyone in the team! So exciting!

[@GoldenSpike300]

2:26 when a programmer tells you "that it's not really about knowing how to code" == what they really mean is "you might not be as good as programmer as me but you should know some coding"

[@nuttymp420MEMES]

agree

[@GoldenSpike300]

@@kabax yeah you can participate. They’re actually not that technical, mostly just creativity. It all depends on the judges you have. If the judges are knowledgeable in technology, then they will ask about the feasibility, but if they’re not you can just pitch them any bs that sounds like it would be possible. For the first hackathon our team got 2nd, we lost to someone pitching in fancy technical words a common anti virus, even though our idea was original and 100% feasible, we even got approached by a business owner asking us to contact him if we wanted to take on that idea, but we didn’t really care. In the 2nd hackathon the judges were very knowledgeable in the topic and in technology and programming, and they drilled everyone on their ideas about the specifics and the programming. The people who came first in the last one were destroyed by the judges in this one, every question they asked they couldn’t even answer and they ended up being told to go study more about what is possible before just pitching anything, when it came to us we were prepared. The one thing I liked about my group was that we weren’t yes mans, we really drilled eachother on ideas and only things that we know are true, what we could make. What I would advice you is having 1 person that has knowledge in technology (specifically programming), 1 person that is good at speaking for presentation, 1 person that is good at editing, and 1 very creative person.

[@study2103]

What do you mean by editing

[@satheeshiyer7857]

Hi Caroline, It was nice to know about Hackathon. Good, that apart from developers, other people are required, that quite interesting point to know.

[@xpopcornx1747]

Hackatons are a way to exploit developers by having them work for free.

[@jancarius101]

Do you have a suggestion of where I can do a fun activity like this, without my free labor being taken advantage of?

[@khyatisrivastava3542]

@@jancarius101 internship

[@gsiya4023]

True

[@lebeccthecomputer6158]

Good for them for being smart, bc I don’t really care it’s just fun and good to put on a resume

[@TheAsianCheetah]

i agree im participating in one as we speak

[@JoshuaVeee]

I actually liked this video. I’m a newbie and wanted to be educated around basic questions and entering a hackathon especially without a tech background

[@indrakusuma7427]

me too

[@aidansiaotong]

you ruined my life I never wANNT TO SEE YOU AGAIN

[@emmanuelebole325]

The fourth insight. sleep.deprive==food.free()

[@ryanbananahands7545]

You mean that they both refer to the hackathon object

[@marcusaureliusregulus2833]

This operation returned false lol

[@SalsaColombiaUS]

I’m tech savvy and have many talents, specially project manager. You inspired me to apply to hackathon)))

[@ferdaozdemir]

Hi Caroline, thank you for the video. I have never entered a haclathon before but I plan to enter in a few months cause I got an invitation which suits my interests. I have a few questions. I was able to select multiple files for myself like PM and designer and Security Expery. What happens when you have multiple roles? I couldn' t decide cause I am both technical but also a PM. I didn't have a team. I am registered alone. Will they assign me to a team? What is the size of a typical team? How do they monitor the team members? How do they measure the level of distribution for each? I am very excited. I like challenging things.

[@goleinc1818]

Thanks for your time

[@cutiex7357]

Your first hackerthon then you won!! ❤️

[@lPoliticallyFye]

Thanks, attending my first Hackathon tomorrow as we speak.

[@BigPappaAaron]

how'd it go?

[@Lanipops]

Same, that’s why I’m here

[@TheAsianCheetah]

same as we speak

[@hari8740]

Thank you for advising

[@noelbahthis8959]

Thank you!😁😁😁

[@yt-mca]

Great video Caroline!

[@rollancegamer1078]

congrats to win hackathon

[@aichatoumi7910]

The winner do they help him to realise his project ?

[@Jacob_EstateAgent]

is there anyone who can share how tough are hackathons really .? , perspective from people who just missed winning would be great

[@lifeinindia9624]

Is corona virus related problem may have to solve ...madam

[@asthayadav1330]

Nice Video! There a competition for women on coding- code to win. Can you make a video on how to ace it?

[@specsyshristi]

Hi ma'am, Nice video.... Can u please make a video on flipkart grid which is offering 32 lakhs for engineering students and 1lac/month for interns??

[@ElTexMexAlex]

Who can get approved for hackathon?

[@malikamadouseidoumossi7705]

Thanks

[@skyaque21]

mujheThe Hyperloop Effect me particpate krna hai. Plz help with video

[@sugaslate14]

I’m starting my very first one on Monday and I’m super new to the field, so.. I’m kind of scrambling I have no idea what to expect lol

[@kevintheseacucumber4675]

How did it end up going?

[@sugaslate14]

@@kevintheseacucumber4675 it went good! I produced an MVP using flask/python and was a great foundation for the project. Still building it out

[@0103cookie]

put speed on 2 and save some time

[@assem002]

Thanks .. ur idea of speeding this is the Hackathon itself

[@maxwellrux5523]

drinking game: take a shot every time she says hackathon

[@akshaydey6820]

websites for looking for project ideas for hackaton

[@manishchoudary6122]

Maine suna hai TAS manager ki salary 26 lakh hai, genuine hai? Tata imagintin competiton pe kr rhe hain..

[@CherylAvium]

I’m a Artist, how’d I get here?

[@JusKalen]

Dang this was 5 years ago.

[@anzilcutzz3148]

Hey Caroline , I'm really curious about your friend anne-marie....did she still continuing her business ??

[@pandu3320]

Hello maam. I have registered for Accenture Innovation Chllenge. Can you please suggest me some tips to win this challenge?

[@pandu3320]

Your videos are very helpful. Can you please make a video on Hero Campus Challenge. I want to participate It will be very helpful for us.

[@avedahusniyahadara]

i lost count of how many times she said, hack a thon

[@jxtrc2743]

Is a hackathon actual hacking or is it just a competition were people make programs for people cuz if it's not actual hacking then why call it a hackathon

[@zhrxxo6610]

hack - theres more than one definition so :

[@IAmYuunus]

i want 6 minutes of my life refunded.

[@isheetfromaswhole3657]

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🙏🙏🖕🖕🖕🙏🙏

[@ranausmannasir1107]

Thank GOD I had my Ad Blocker Turned on!

[@neilsumanda1538]

lols... it's as if u havnt wasted ur whole life... 😄😄

[@jyushalpillewan1229]

How many times participate in hackthon

[@misterj9817]

if ( hackathon.competitors() == public.tecExpert() ) { print("You're done. Let's go home."); } //happened to me. I was a noob backthen. Still am but lil better.

[@namahshrestha3226]

Mister J I feel you man..and I agree with you completely. I too really need to hone my skills..damn

[@sayyedviquarahmed2716]

If (hackathon.competitors ()==public.techexpert) { Print (" UPGRADE YOUR CODING SKILL"); } ESLE { PRINT (" enjoy MCU movies with chsseburger and coca cola "); }

[@TechyChung]

HELLO! All CS students from MUMBAI, India(only) who are seriously interested in research and projects, who can meet weekly, comment down below. IT'S A SERIOUS COMMITMENT TO WORK AND PROFESSION!

[@inaayat4193]

Am not from india, but can speak hindi and interested in building projects

[@TechyChung]

@@inaayat4193 hey! Chat on reddit or discord?

[@89takes]

Hey, I'm from delhi I'm interested in building projects as well! Is there any way we can team up

[@Aswin060]

Same here

[@haricharanpal1761]

@@TechyChung im from mp can we discuss

[@darshanchoudhary5247]

Whixh Programming should I learn? Foe this event

[@joshuaboryer6433]

HTML

[@akhilkrishnahere]

@Total Water really?

[@LordOfWizardurl]

Cpp

[@lunatico5318]

@@joshuaboryer6433 This guy FUCKS !!!

[@Sulimankhayyat]

Jesus I came looking for types coding languages ,structure , methods ,what are judge's judging, what would we be building and she's talking about sleep and food.

[@concessa_]

😂😂😂😂

[@_quixote]

How do i even get in a hackathon...

[@searchapostateprophetabdul2398]

Hacker rank

[@pises17]

I can speak a little English, can I join the Hackathon?

[@rezmaeeey]

i love your teeth :)

[@rajeevk1838]

Waste of my 6 minutes

[@simoneonorato1223]

chi non sa insegna

[@ql6867]

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hoooooooooooooooodooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor

[@kaptanyadav2443]

Bla bla for first 1:50 mins

[@blazi_0]

please !!!! speak less so we learn more !!!!!!! pleaaaassseee i dont want all thins crap !

[@bogaziciliceohaluk]

your product as a video is a failure. it's diverted from the topic and dont provide any info. i am not choosing your product. you have been eliminated from youtube

[@specsyshristi]

Hi ma'am Nice video.... Can u please make a video on flipkart grid which is offering 32 lakhs for engineering students and 1lac/month for interns??