Yesterday ended the busiest 36 hours of my life.
It was the end of HackUST, a hackathon I miraculously got the opportunity to organize, alongside a few of my peers in the HKUST eclub, who let me help despite being an exchange student at HKU. Picture below is our fearless team.
It was the end of HackUST, a hackathon I miraculously got the opportunity to organize, alongside a few of my peers in the HKUST eclub, who let me help despite being an exchange student at HKU. Picture below is our fearless team.
The Hackathon was big deal. In a lot of ways. First, it was the second collegiate hackathon in the history of Hong Kong. This is only because last year's was the first. Secondly, we had over 200 participants. Talk about a huge turnout! And to be clear, this doesn't include judges, mentors, the organizers and student helpers/volunteers, whom without we couldn't have made this thing happen. The whole Hackathon went with a hitch, from registration, coding, feeding the hackers, judging and presenting the contestants.
My main duty for the hackathon was marketing to external universities, like HKU and PolyU, along with being a main event organizer/leading our group meetings. I'd never in my life extensively planned an event, and although most must say this after planning their first event; "Wow, a lot more goes into it than I had any idea".
Feeling #blessed.
Feeling #blessed.