Learnings from Organizing Internal Hackathons
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The document outlines the organization and outcomes of internal hackathons held by Nithish Raghunandanan, highlighting their motivation, structure, and resources utilized. It details the schedule of events, judging criteria, and showcases projects developed by participants, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and innovation. Feedback from the events indicated significant engagement and enjoyment among participants, fostering closer teamwork and diverse project outcomes.
Learnings from Organizing Internal Hackathons
- 1. Learnings from Organizing Internal Hackathons DevRelCon Earth 2020 Nithish Raghunandanan @nithishr
- 2. About Me ● Former Developer Advocate at KI labs ● Tons of Hackathon experience ● Organize an Internal Hackathon
- 3. Motivation ● Work on Topics outside Projects ● Collaborate with People from other teams ● Learn / Try something new
- 4. Organization ● 2 Days (24-28 Hours to Hack) ● Teams of 2 to 5 ● No Theme ● Remote Teams from Lisbon ● Close to External Hackathons ● Demo to Judges (Internal & External)
- 5. Resources ● Cloud Compute Resources (AWS, GCP, Azure) ● Hardware (Raspberry Pi, Sensors, etc) ● Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) ● Ensure Network Compatibilities!
- 6. Ideation ● Wiki & Slack to Share / Discuss Ideas ● Pre Event Idea Pitching / Team Formation
- 7. Schedule Day 1 08:30 Welcome & Introduction 09:00 Start Hacking 12:30 Lunch 19:00 Dinner Hacking floor open all night Day 2 Continue Hacking 13:00 - Hack Submission Deadline 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 15:30 Demos 15:30 - 18:00 Internal Meeting 18:15 - 18:30 Hackathon Results 18:30 - 20:00 Dinner & Drinks
- 8. Judging Criteria ● Technical Impressiveness #wow_factor ● Polish #user_experience ● Novelty #surprise_us ● Demos #take_my_money Details Jury ● C-Levels from KI Group ● Friends from Local Tech Ecosystem ● Audience
- 9. Figures 10-14 Teams 24-28 Hours 40-50 Participants Munich + Lisbon
- 11. Beer Bot ● Slack bot to keep the office hydrated ● Raspberry Pi + Camera ● Inventory & Alerts
- 12. What Garbage? ● Segregation of Waste (Paper / Not) ● Raspberry Pi + Motors ● iOS App
- 13. Delivery Boi ● Auto Notification of Packages ● Raspberry Pi + Camera for OCR ● Slack Bot
- 14. BRAN ● Facial Recognition for Office Door (Hodor) ● Raspberry Pi + Camera ● Deep learning & classical machine learning approaches
- 15. Ideas ● Solve Common Problems ● Office Essentials ● Use of Hardware ● Open Source / Future Work
- 16. Food & Drinks are Important
- 19. Demos ● Swag 😍 ● Small Prizes
- 20. Outcomes ● Great feedback 📈 ● Cool & Diverse Projects 😎 ● Requests from Clients 💰 ● Regular half yearly slot 🚀 ● Participants had Fun! ✌ Working closer with the wider team. Opportunity to work on something different Great participation and demos It was lots of fun! Loved it
- 22. References Projects ● KI Hacks 1 ● KI Hacks 2 Blog Post Nithish Raghunandanan [email protected] @nithishr