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Minnesota is last in the nation in offering computer science classes in high school -
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It's a day of building, but we also have talks with career & college advice from tech insiders. Get the calendar
here to see our schedule.
Northland Hackathon is for high school students in Minnesota who want to learn how to make their own apps, websites, or learn more about tech -- all welcome. You can be interested in how to code, wanting to design websites or apps, or just looking to learn more about what working at snap, meta, tiktok, microsoft looks like.
It's not uncommon for an entry level engineer to make ~$150,000, with that number increasing. Here is a great website for pay ranges:
https://levels.fyi
A chance to learn more about building things on the internet, writing code, and exploring careers in tech. Northland Hackathon will take place throughout the day, bringing together mentors and students from around the state in a fully remote capacity.
Northland Hackathon is remote-based event as Minnesota is a big state!
Through both Californian and Minnesotan sponsors, Northland Hackathon is free for participants. If you want to sponsor or donate to the hackathon, email us [team [@] northlandhackathon.com]. Or you can donate
here.
Yes, but we keep it a surprise. That said, every student who participates day of get an event shirt mailed to them.
We have programming each month leading up to the event with speakers and mentors hosting talks. The day of plan is:
10 am- 11 am Opening
11 am - 1 pm Team Time
1 pm – 1:20 pm Lunch
1:30 pm – 4 pm Team Time
4 pm – 5 pm Presentations
We're doing our best to accommodate all applications, but there will likely be a cap of how many students we can take. As a result, write a solid application and apply early.
Basically to play around with ideas and make something new. Think legos or Kinex <3 We miss our Kinex ;(
If you're from NE Minnesota, apply for the
Alworth Scholarship - a proud partner of Northland Hackathon.
From Minnesota and Work in Tech?
Luke Heine
Luke built the biggest social network for TikTok celebrities--Swipehouse--which he sold in 2021. Swipehouse had 1.5 billion followers on across creators, got 300+ companies on TikTok in under a year, and was one of the first 5 companies to receive the TikTok API in the US. He was YC W18, raised over 1m, and studied at Harvard. He is from Cloquet, MN, and learned to code in college.
Carter Grupp
Carter works as a liaison between the public sector and private industry on physical broadband infrastructure planning, GIS app development, data analysis, project management, and development of social programming efforts for those most threatened by the digital divide in rural Otter Tail County. He studied at Gustavus and built his first website in 2017.
AgaLia Ardyasa
Agalia works at Microsoft as an Account Manager. Originally from Jakarta, Indonesia, Agalia co-founded BecomeMore Indonesia: a youth empowerment organization that supports the self-development journey of over 3K+ students from over 1K schools between the age of 11-19 years old. She studied Mathematics & Economics at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Cade Zacharias
Cade works in tech consulting, building apps for startups in everything from blockchain metaverses and sports betting to zoning code visualization. At Hypotenuse Labs, he’s enjoyed digital nomading through much of the world while working alongside top engineers. Originally from Duluth, MN, he studied at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.
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