over 2 years ago

Participation Prizes!

Heya hackers!

Thanks so much for participating in CTRL Hacks 2023. We're thrilled that so many people joined in over this weekend to code and collaborate together. We're especially happy that there were tons of first-time-coder submissions to this hackathon! Seriously, you all deserve first prize for making the jump and learning more about how to code.

The main prizes will be distributed sometime next week, as our judges (including industry leaders and instructors at the University of Calgary) will need some time to go through and evaluate all submissions. Until then, please enjoy these participation prizes, which can be

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over 2 years ago

Continue Learning With Postman

Thanks to those of you who attended the Postman workshop!

We encourage you to keep learning with Postman. They have an awesome 1-hour-long, easy course that you can use to get a foundational understanding of APIs (and a cool certificate too!).

Once you learn about APIs, you can try integrating them into your hackathon project to create an even more impressive product and score higher on the Technical Skill judging criterion... ;)

Take the course now! https://bit.ly/ctrl-postman


over 2 years ago

Programming Certification Workshop!

Are you looking to become a certified Postman Student Expert? Looking for something exciting to put on your resume?

Join a special certification workshop on APIs today at 11 AM MDT!

 

Attendees will receive:

  • EARLY ACCESS to Interview Cake free courses!
  • free swag and merch!
  • The chance to get certified as a Postman Student Expert
  • A full intro to CRUD with APIs using the Postman platform

 

Learn valuable skills in a hands-on setting in less than an hour.

Attend by heading to our Discord server! https://discord.com/invite/ZDnksTUQdm


over 2 years ago

CTRL Hacks '23 has started!

CTRL Hacks '23 starts in just a few minutes! After a few technical delays, we've finally got the theme reveal up and running.

Here's the link in case you missed it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkNQ-rA_2PU 

 

We'll see you there!


over 2 years ago

CTRL Hacks Starts Tomorrow!

Hello Hackers!

 

CTRL Hacks Starts Tomorrow at 6 PM MDT!

We can’t wait to see your projects. There are now over $2000 worth of prizes up for grabs, including over $325 CAD in CASH! The theme that all projects have to relate to will be announced via YouTube premiere tomorrow at 6 PM MDT (UTC-06). Make sure to be in our Discord server (https://discord.gg/ZDnksTUQdm) when that happens!


Recap

In this hackathon, you will code a project (anything tech-related!) related to tomorrow’s theme. You will also need to record a maximum-6-minute YouTube video (public or unlisted)

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