DevRel Uni October Updates!
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TLDR: DevRel Uni X Space with 0xEthChicago [Hackathon tips] ~ Future Events/Hackathons ~ Job Board ~ Additional Resources
⏪ DevRel Uni X Space Recap
🔉Most Recent X Space Recording
🔥In today's hot topic of "Hackathons," DevRel Uni and EthChicago teamed up to discuss valuable tips and lessons from their past experiences. This space explores what hackathons are and why they are essential for personal and professional growth. We had past winners and judges, so here is a great guide for any new hacker or even seasoned participants.
A shout-out to our host, Tippi, for keeping track of each round with our speakers and keeping the space upbeat. Here are some highlights!
What is a Hackathon?
As Bianca, the founder of DevRel Uni, pointed out, a Hackathon is a "place for people to form lifelong friendships, build cool projects, and be sleep-deprived."
A very welcoming introduction to the hackathon experience. Our speaker Yash emphasizes that hackathons provide opportunities to explore protocols and collaborate, fostering future contributions to the field, such as finding bugs in a protocol. Meanwhile, Papi Billy sees hackathons as events where ideas come to life, offering opportunities to learn new skills. Klaus mentioned how it is an opportunity to tackle real challenges, making it a very approachable experience no matter your background and experience. If a hackathon is well facilitated, it can take you from zero to hero very quickly, and you'll make great friends along the way.
Why are Hackathons Important? 🚀🚀
Dale believes hackathons fill the gap left by formal education, enabling individuals to find their niche and create real-world impact.
Pauline emphasizes the inclusivity of hackathons, providing access to everyone and serving as a gateway to the industry.
James points out the importance of hackathons in promoting collaboration between individuals with different incentives and skills.
Hackathon Experiences:
Klaus, who runs an organization called Hack Humanity, highlights the purpose of hackathons in addressing real challenges (e.g., climate change and refugee crises) and bringing together people with diverse skills and experiences.
Papi Billy discusses the positive outcomes of hackathons, including forming connections, gaining new skills, and even finding job opportunities.
James points out potential challenges from an event planning perspective, such as ensuring an adequate number of mentors and judges, as well as preventing participants from giving up on the hackathon.
🚯Things to Avoid or Look Out for in a Hackathon
Avoid having just one dominant voice in the team. Use methods to democratize the voices heard at the table. For example, consider how you're going to validate the idea. Have you conducted a survey? Look for quantitative or qualitative feedback.
Be cautious of negative people treating the event like homework.
Try not to follow an idea blindly and instead go in with an open mind. A hackathon is the perfect opportunity to receive feedback, which may prevent you from building a prototype with no real-world validity.
Upcoming X Space: October 30th 9pm CET/3pm EST . Don’t be a stranger! We are tackling “Create your own DevRel Role” Link
DevRel Uni supporting HK Web3 Month 2023 🎟️
Meet some of the most influential web3 pioneers. A series of conferences, interactive developer-oriented sessions, project showcases and exhibitions will be led by more than 50+ web3 professionals. DevRel Founder Bianca will be a tech judge! Good luck to all the builders.
Hackathons/ Other events:
hackCBS 6.0, India’s Largest student-run HACKATHON is back!
⏳ 4-5th November~ New Delhi
ETHGlobal Istanbul
Nov. 17-19, 2023 ~ Istanbul, Turkey
Polygon DevX Americas Hackathon X DoraHacks
Ends Nov. 01 ~ Online (check eligible countries)
Hedera EVM + Validation Cloud's Node API: Powering the Next Generation of dApps Across Web3, Enterprise, and Beyond
Nov. 02 ~ New York City, New York
LUKSO BuildUP #2
Oct. 30 - 27Nov. ~ Online
💰Looking for a DevRel job? Today’s ⭐Spotlight⭐
ChainSafe Systems is looking for Developer Relations
WeAreDevelopers is looking for Developer Advocate
TurnKey is looking for a Founding DevRel
zKLink is looking for a Developer Advocate
Lit Protocol is looking for a Developer Relations
🧰Additional Resources (not sponsored)
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