In this week's video I wanted to answer all of your burning questions you sent me on linkedin and instagram about hackathons!

I have personally been to 9+ hackathons (in person and online ones) and won prizes in 3 of them!

I love and also hate going to hackathons because the idea is great but actually doing them makes me want to slap my hand from ever signing up for one again.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - intro
1:04 - what I'm gonna cover
1:37 - what is a hackathon?
2:58 - who should go to a hackathon?
4:04 - why should you go to a hackathon?
6:47 - how do hackathons work + FAQs
14:11 - how do you win at a hackathon?

~FAQs I answer~
- how much coding experience do you need to join a hackathon?
- what are the best languages to know for a hackathon?
- how do you form a team?
- how do you come up with a project idea? do you go for sponsored challenges only?
- how do you come up with a unique/winning idea?
- where can you find project inspiration?
- how do you get your team to focus?
- how do you create a good demo/pitch?

Finding Hackathons:
MLH (for university students): https://mlh.io/
Project inspiration: https://devpost.com/
Company hackathons: https://www.eventbrite.com/d/online/h...

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