Hackbright Tech Talk: Winning Hackathons as a Newbie

HACKBRIGHT TECH TALK: Winning Hackathons as a Newbie Jenny Wang will be speaking about how new programmers can win hackathons on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at Hackbright Academy. She is a TA for the "Intro to Programming" course at Hackbright. The talk starts at 6:30pm PST. Snacks, drinks and networking starts at 6pm. Hackbright tech talks are livestreamed. Just sign up for the ticket type above to receive livestreaming info for the talk. About the Talk: Hackathons are great ways to learn new skills, make great friends, and gain confidence in yourself as a developer, especially a new one; and who knows? You might even win a couple thousand dollars as a bonus.  About the Speaker: Jenny Wang is a pentalingual who grew up in New York City and graduated Bryn Mawr College with a B.A. in East Asian Studies. She transitioned to the technical side of tech after working at ThoughtWorks as a Junior Consultant/Quality Analyst. She learned Ruby, Rails, CSS/HTML, the basics of web development, TDD, agile best practices and all the good stuff at Makers Academy in London. She is passionate about world travel, Quora (she’s a Top Writer), and eating an absurd amount of sushi. She also cares about social justice and is excited to teach at Hackbright to help other women succeed!