🚀 Hackathons Aren’t Just for Coders! 🎨📊💡

Think hackathons are only for programmers? Think again. Winning teams need designers, strategists, researchers, and storytellers to bring ideas to life! Whether you want to stand out to recruiters, build your portfolio, or just learn new skills, there’s a place for you at a hackathon.

💡 Non-coders contribute through project management, UX/UI design, research, and pitching. In fact, some of the best hackathon teams win because of their creativity and business insights—not just code!

Not sure where to start? Check out my latest blog on how non-coders can thrive in hackathons and find the right role for you. Let's break the myth that hackathons are only for developers!

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The Digital Youth Summit (DYS) is a technology-focused conference that takes place annually in Peshawar, Pakistan; whereas Code for Pakistan (CFP) is a non-profit organization registered as Foundation for Civic Tech at the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, and Tech for Change in the United States as a 501(c)(3) California non-profit.

Our all-FASTians team(3 females from Pakistani Women in Computing), with a diverse skillset, was invited to #DYS (Digital Youth Summit) held in #Peshawar to receive the prize money of PKR 150,000/- by team #CFP (Code for Pakistan).

Our idea Drive(H)er, won us the second position in Govtech Hackathon'2021 which took place a few weeks before DYS and was organized by Code for Pakistan, in collaboration with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB), and The World Bank.

Amidst our Pakistan tour, we went to Peshawer, and it proved to be worth it. The opportunity of attending DYS provided a wonderful moment to interact with leading experts including Jehan Ara, Samina Rizwan, Abu Bakar N. Alvi, Qarib Kazmi, Ali Raza, and many others.

In terms of future prospects, we will continue to work on making transportation safe and easier for females in the city, and always open for collaboration and support.

I made a video in which I compiled some of my favorite Design Patterns books and resources that helped me a lot when I was studying the DP course!

In this video I've compiled all the resources:

Team Members:

• Eisha Tir Raazia
• Mahnoor Imtiaz
• Maria Ahmed
• Sarah Fatima
• Tabinda Qavi

In google's step internship test, there were total 3 questions:

• 1 question related to string manipulation. (Average difficulty)
• 1 Dynamic programming question, needing implementation of optimal path finding algo. (Very Hard)
• 1 simple array problem. (Easy)

The platforms which will be most helpful to prepare for the test:

• HackerRank
• Google Competitions Platform
• Leetcode

The languages best for Competitive Programming:

• C++
• Python

I learned how to create my technical portfolio at Grace Hopper Celebration 2020!