Interviews

You are more than the projects you decide to build and the skills you bring to the job market! Maybe you’re wondering how to get that across to all the awesome people you meet at Hackathons. Often, the...

For some people, learning how to “network” tends to feels like learning a different language. The idea of the whole process might feel mysterious, like some elusive checklist with a hundred resumes to...

GitHub has long been a part of Hackcon - John Britton has been to every one so far! We can't wait to have him, along with Carol Smith and Brandon Keepers, back for another to share how GitHub Education can...

At Hackcon, we've always had a big emphasis on empowering student communities. Hackathons don't happen without the communities behind them; students are the driving force behind the events at all these...

Since 2010, Evan Korth has been a set piece of the hackathon scene after cofounding hackNY along with Chris Wiggins and Hilary Mason. For Hackcon IV, we have the privilege to have him as a keynote speaker,...

What’s in Your HackPack is a recurring series that examines the gear hackers bring with them to hackathons. For this installment, we peek inside Kevin Lewis’ messenger bag. Kevin is a JavaScript...

What’s in Your HackPack is a recurring series that examines the gear hackers bring with them to hackathons. For this installment, MLH’s operations manager, Li Chen, gives us a peek inside her Herschel...

Imagine the perfect hackathon team. It’s the day of and you’re giddy with anticipation. Calm and collected, you arrive on time with total focus and absolute conviction that in 36 hours, your demo will make...

What’s in Your HackPack is a recurring series where we take a look at the gear hackers are bringing with them to hackathons. For the inaugural installment, MLH’s creative director Aziz Ramos gives us a...

Hack the Planet is rapidly approaching and MLH is gearing up for an epic hackathon, with participants coming in from all around the world for 36 hours of learning, building and sharing at the Computer...