First Hackathon

"Journey into the 🌎 of Hackathons"


         "You all will fail in 'Design ThinkingπŸ€” and Innovation' if you don`t participate in the upcoming college event ", was what our Chemistry professor told us. We don`t have any other option except participating in the event. I saw the list of events  and decided to participate in hackathon as it was the only thing that is new and exciting for me. I registered in the hackathon by paying 300 rupees. "Is it necessary to have a team for participating", I asked from a senior? She replied no no.. team will be formed their if you don`t have, no need to worry about that. 



  It was my second semester when I participated in my first Hackathon. I didn`t have any previous knowledge about it. All I knew was that I had to make a website with my team. I thought team would be formed their, but I was wrong. We had to make a team of 4 to 5 members before registering. We could also start working on our project idea before the event started and can continue working on it until the event ended. As it is very difficult and high-pressure to make a fully functioning website or app in 24 hours. 


                        As expected, I was the only one girls from first year, though some boys were also from first year. The rest of the participants were from different colleges and were seniors. On the day of the event, I was assigned in  a team named "Kanser Debugger". There were 3 boys and me , making a total of four members. We all from first year, but from different colleges. We had decided to make a website for GK (General Knowledge) preparation, where question will be displaced on four different levels. We worked till 10 PM and completed the frontend part using CSS ,HTML, and JavaScript . Then I decided to return to the hostel.

                                       

  
A very skilled senior was the head of this event. He called me and asked if I have a team and any project ideas. I answered," No I don`t have any." He said, " worry not, you came on the day of event, so I will assign you a team". All I know is frontend development using CSS and HTML. I didn`t do any homework. I thought to attend the event for fun and to learn things form the senior. 

                                                                     

     
 The next day, we had to give presentation in front of three judges and marks will be provided on that basis. All teams had really worked very hard and created awesome websites. We got to know many talented personalities and understood their project ideas. In the end, prizes would be awarded to the best three of projects . Don`t worry, my project was not among them as some parts of our project still needed improvement. 

This is where my story ends😊.......

                                                                                               By Sneha Chaudhary

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