A month ago, I called Jack Le in the middle of the night and told him I had to be a part of the SOON Hackathon.
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A month ago, I called Jack Le in the middle of the night and told him I had to be a part of the SOON Hackathon.
Just like that, we made it happen.
Cut to this weekend. I got to be a judge and watch 40 of the most cracked builders in the GTA (out of 600+ applicants) go absolutely wild.
36 hours in a mansion in Markham. People sleeping in unfurnished rooms. Someone stranded at a McDonald's for 4+ hours. Peak hackathon.
Massive shoutout to Jack and the organizers for pulling off something incredible.
Congrats to our Polarity track winners Chloe Houvardas, Darshan Shah, Caellum Lee, and Jeremy Liu.
They built Auctopus: https://lnkd.in/eK2nqTjg
We're flying them out to our next fellowship event. They earned it.
The real takeaway from this weekend? Exclusivity is mostly an illusion.
Dennis wanted to hack at SOON. I messaged Jack, we jumped on a call, and from that moment on, we started working together.
Half of the rooms you want to be in are one cold DM away. You just have to ask.
To everyone we met this weekend, thanks for an unreal time. See you at the next one. ❤️
Photos in this post:
- Sammy taking a selfie in front of a big group of hackers in a house, some holding gold balloon letters that spell SOON.
- Sammy talking with a group of people in front of a big TV screen.
- Sammy in a Polarity t-shirt holding a laptop next to a screen showing a website.
- Sammy taking a selfie with a group of friends in matching grey Polarity t-shirts.
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