👨‍💻 HACK WITH A PRO - Hackathon

Welcome to Hack with a Pro! 🚀

This hackathon is hosted by A2F, a Christian fellowship on campus.

We remember how daunting it can be to approach hackathons or personal projects without advice, and want to bridge the gap and make it more approachable for students of all backgrounds.

We are here to help with a 12-hour hackathon.

The difference? Each group will be paired with a working professional with years of industry experience. The mentors are UC alum who work at companies like Boingo, Google, PDG and Tebra.

What do you need? Come with the ⭐ freshest ideas ⭐ that will change the next generation.

UCLA Free Hackathon Hack with a Pro Flyer

Team Picture

Congrats to all the participants! Brilliant ideas.

First Place Team at Google!

The team created a meal swipe buying/selling platform for college campuses

Great work on the projects - we are so proud of you all.

Details

  • What: 12-hour hackathon with industry professionals to help (UI/UX, SWE, Data Science, Data Engineers)

    • PRIZES

      • 1st Place - $150 Amazon Gift Card + Lunch with a Google engineer at Google’s Playa Vista Office

      • 2nd Place - $100 Amazon Gift Card

      • 3rd Place - Cool Google Bottles

  • When: Saturday April 15, 2023 10am - 10pm

  • Where: Sepulveda (8 min away from campus)

  • Who: UCLA Students (computer science, cognitive science, data theory, etc)

  • How: Sign up here!

Themes

🤖 ChatGPT

🌼 Mental Health

🏢 Student Life

Timeline

  • 09:30am - Rides from Luskin Turnaround

  • 10:00am - Welcome

  • 10:15am - Team Breakouts

  • 12:30pm - Lunch

  • 02:30pm - UI/UX Workshop

  • 04:00pm - Trivia Giveaway

  • 06:30pm - Dinner

  • 08:30pm - Judging

  • 09:00pm - Announcing Winners

  • 09:30pm - Clean Up

  • 09:45pm - Rides back to Luskin Turnaround

Sponsors

  • Acts2Fellowship is a Christian fellowship at UCLA started in 2013 🙏.

  • Appfolio is a leading cloud business management solutions provider for the real estate industry.

  • Mashti Malone's is an exotic ice cream shop down in Westwood 🍦!

    • UCLA students get 20% off!

  • Google manages online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, and more.

  • PDG Consulting builds large-scale apps and business intelligence solutions.

  • Sabio Inc. brings together expertise in cloud migration, cutting-edge CX technologies and powerful customer insight to deliver exceptional end-to-end customer experiences.

  • Tebra is a unicorn healthcare startup, and the CEO is an UCLA alum 🐻!

Mentors

FAQ

  • What do I need to bring?

    • Laptop and charger

  • How do teams work?

    • You can sign up with your friends of groups of ~5 people per group.

    • Don’t have a team? No problem - we will pair you up with other cool UCLA students :)

    • Each group will be paired with an industry SWE to help mentor your project, but YOU own it!

  • Will there be food?

    • Yes, we will provide lunch and dinner.

  • I don’t know how to code, but can I still join?

    • While it’s encouraged to know how to code, it’s not a requirement.

    • You can be a data scientist or UI/UX for your team as well. You come up with the project!

  • How much does it cost?

    • This hackathon is completely free.

  • Recommended Software

    • You can code with any language.

  • Will rides be provided?

    • Yes - fill out the form.

  • Any other questions? Fill out the form at the bottom.