Author Jon Gottfried

Jon Gottfried

Technical Writer and Co-Founder

Jon is a co-founder of MLH, National Director of the StartupBus and was formerly a Developer Evangelist at Twilio.

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Facebook Sponsors Major League Hacking Scholarships for Black Developers

Jon Gottfried
August 26, 2020
Announcements
Today, we’re pleased to announce that Major League Hacking (MLH) is partnering with Facebook Open Source and the React Team to offer scholarships to developers who self-identify as Black or of the African...
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Welcoming Facebook Back as a Sponsor of the 2020-2021 MLH Fellowship

Jon Gottfried
August 12, 2020
Announcements
Earlier today, we announced the launch of the next version of the MLH Fellowship, which you can read about here. We are now very excited to share our first returning sponsor for the 2020-2021 academic year...

Facebook Developer Circles Sponsors MLH Fellowship

Jon Gottfried
May 13, 2020
Announcements
At Major League Hacking (MLH) we know the power of community. We believe that every technologist in the world should have access to a strong network of people to learn, build, and share with. We love teaming...

Announcing MLH Hackcon Europe 2018

Jon Gottfried
June 8, 2018
Announcements, Hackcon, Organize a Hackathon
Since the 2014 launch of Major League Hacking in the UK, the European hacker community has grown by leaps and bounds. We’ve been excited to watch the spread of student hackathons throughout mainland Europe,...

Introducing MLH Hackcon VI

Jon Gottfried
March 2, 2018
Announcements, Hackcon, Organize a Hackathon
We’re very excited to invite you to join us at MLH Hackcon VI, hosted by GitHub. Our annual conference for hackathon organizers and hacker community leaders is returning on August 24 - 26, 2018 to Pocono...
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University of Manchester Wins the 2017 MLH Europe Hackathon Season

Jon Gottfried
October 13, 2017
Announcements
The 2017 MLH Europe Hackathon Season (running from August 2016 - July 2017) was our biggest yet. More than 10,000 hackers came to MLH Member hackathons around Europe to learn, build, and share technology with...
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Georgia Institute of Technology Wins the 2017 MLH North American Hackathon Season

Jon Gottfried
October 13, 2017
Announcements, Hackathon Season
The 2017 MLH Hackathon Season powered by Dell and Windows (running from August 2016 - July 2017) was our biggest yet. More than 65,000 hackers came to MLH Member hackathons around the world to learn, build,...
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Learn to Solder with Beauty and the Bolt

Jon Gottfried
March 8, 2017
How to be a Hacker, Videos
Learn how to solder with Xyla Foxlin from Beauty and the Bolt, an awesome MLH student hacker, entrepreneur, and mentor.     Ever wanted to wield an extremely metal point with the precision of...

How to Solve Level 2 of the MLH Watch_Dogs® 2 CTF

Jon Gottfried
February 14, 2017
Hacks, How to be a Hacker
Last month, we announced the winner of the Fall semester Watch_Dogs® 2 CTF challenge and taught you how to solve Level 1 of the CTF, Miss Marple. If you haven’t yet had a chance to try out the challenges,...

Watch_Dogs 2 Announce CTF Winner

Jon Gottfried
January 17, 2017
Announcements, How to be a Hacker
This fall, thousands of student hackers learned cybersecurity skills in a Capture the Flag (CTF) challenge inspired by Watch_Dogs® 2. Watch_Dogs® 2 is a brand new game from Ubisoft that follows the story of...
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