S4:E5 - Are you ready for a hackathon? (Kathryn Hodge)

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Kathryn's participated in dozens of hackathons as a student, and shares all the ways hackathons have helped her in her professional coding career.

Kathryn's participated in dozens of hackathons as a student, and even when things didn't go well, she kept going back. Kathryn shares all the ways hackathons have helped her in her professional coding career, what the real benefits are (spoiler alert: it's not the thing you're hacking on), and how you can get the benefits of a hackathon even if you're not a student.

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Kathryn Hodge

Kathryn Hodge works as a software developer at a large media company. Some of her most recent projects include building virtual and augmented reality experiences using C# and Unity as well as creating applications for the Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant in Node.js and JavaScript. She also runs the blondiebytes YouTube channel, where she posts programming tutorials every Wednesday.

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