Why Hackathons & What to Expect at Your First Hackathon

Excited for the PowertoFly Flagship Hackathon, but a bit confused regarding what to do and how to best leverage this opportunity to propel your tech career further, look no more, you are at the right place.

In this session, we will go through what hackathons are, how you can leverage hackathons to upskill yourself,

the essential steps of networking, programming languages, how to efficiently and consistently code and develop solutions within a short deadline, how to leverage open-source to your benefit, and even the subtle nuances of working in a team and showcasing your work in the hackathon to tech-recruiters.

Prakarsh has worked as the Developer Relations Manager at DevPost, and he will guide us through his entire software engineering journey and how hackathons played a crucial role in helping him throughout his technical career to land a position at NY based DevPost. We’ll unravel his journey as well as talk about the steps aspiring Developers can take to emulate his success.

In this chat you will learn:

1. What Hackathons are, and how they can help you in your tech career journey?
2. How to effectively prepare for Hackathons, work in a team and create an MVP within the Hackathon deadline?
3. AMA session on the hackathon, where we will answer all your queries regarding hackathons?