I’m doing my first hackathon on Sunday at the ACT-W Portland event, hosted by Girl Develop It Portland. And true to form, I’m jumping right in and leading a group.
I’ve never done a hackathon, but I’ve hacked together solutions for live websites between 10pm and 4am enough times; I figure that qualifies me for the gig.
Reasons I’m so excited:
- I rarely get to code with other women, and this is an entire day of women cranking out cool stuff.
- Usually when I code under pressure, the stakes are really high. Here, the worst case scenario is that you don’t get the coolest prize.
- The folks running this hackathon are dynamic, smart, and open-hearted.
- I’ll get to step forward and help other women get interested in tech, and (I hope) help them overcome the intimidation factor.
Watch our event unfold in real-time by following #gdiportlandhack15 on Twitter.