Ladies of Code LDN | October 2016
We had an evening of talks and discussion to demystify Hackathons - what to expect and how to get the most out of the experience.
We had three presentations:
My experience of organising a hackathon - presented by Jessica Wade
Jessica shared her experience organising the "Engineer our Future" hackathon and gave us some top tips on how to turn a hackathon into a success.
Jessica has finished her PhD in the Department of Physics and Centre for Plastic Electronics at Imperial College London.
Learnings from participating in two hackathons - presented by Rainey David
Rainey shared her recent experience at two hackathons by @StartupLondon and @RedMonk in September 2016. She attended both events for free as part of their diversity program to encourage more women at their events. She built http://bit.ly/ladyproblems at a Startup Weekend event and will talk about the team's journey.
The other event was a ThingMonk conference for developers with an embedded hackday where she built a voice activated light colour changing connected device.
If you measure success by prizes and gifts, then in September she received an amazon echo, raspberry pi, amazon vouchers, IoT books and more. However the real prize was the experience of being there, the connections she made and the support she received from her team, the event volunteers, the mentors, the coaches and the attendees!
How to Accidentally Start a Business in 54 Hours - presented by Claire Mitchell and Michelle Garrett
Claire and Michelle won Startup Weekend last year, launching them on an exciting and tumultuous journey that took them to Poland and back. They shared their experiences turning a weekend project into a real business, and their tips for hackathon success.
Claire is a software developer at 27partners and co-founder and developer at Mode For Me. Michelle is a web developer at WonderLuk.