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Stories for Student Hackers and other Superheroes.

Swift
August 20, 2016

Stories for Student Hackers and other Superheroes.

These are some lessons that I wish I knew before I went off to university about the way people learn, build, and share.

This talk was given at GSET 2016 and Campfire 2016.

Swift

August 20, 2016
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  1. I’d love to go to a hackathon, but I don’t

    know how to make anything! “
  2. 0 50 100 150 200 250 2013 2014 2015 2016

    MLH Member Events by Year We’re on track to break 200 MLH Member Events in 2016 alone. That’s like having 6 hackathons per weekend.
  3. 0 50 100 150 200 250 2013 2014 2015 2016

    MLH Member Events by Year We’re on track to break 200 MLH Member Events in 2016 alone. That’s like having 6 hackathons per weekend.
  4. Canadian Hackers are on the Rise. 0 3 6 9

    12 15 2014 2015 2016 Canadian MLH Member Events by Year Year-over-Year Growth in Canadian Student Hackathons 100%
  5. Makala went to 14 hackathons over a 4 month period.

    She was hooked and couldn’t wait to share them with her friends.
  6. Hey! I’m going to this thing called a “Hackathon” this

    weekend. You should come with me! “
  7. I had never felt that sort of acceptance amongst my

    close friends or peers at school, even though most of these organizers were strangers to me. “
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Let’s Recap! One sentence can

    change a life You already have the skills Being a student is awesome. Solve your own problems Communities don’t start themselves