This will be your first opportunity to collaborate with the other fellows in your team on a software project and put some of what you’ve been learning into practice! 

You’ll use Git & GitHub best practices to build a project that utilizes at least one of the technologies that your team will be contributing to during the program.

By the end of this session, you should accomplish the following:

1. Familiarized yourself with at least one of your teams's protential technologies
2. Practiced collaborating on a project on GitHub using best practices
3. Expanded your network by collaborating with fellows from your team and Pod

TIMELINE

The Orientation Hackathon takes place during your first week of the fellowship. The kickoff will take place at the end of your first Pod meeting and demos will take place at the beginning of your first meeting during your second week.

• Orientation Hackathon Kickoff – During this event, we’ll reveal your teams of 2-4 fellows.

• Hacking – Between the end of your orientation hackathon kickoff and the beginning of your hackathon demos, you should be collaborating with your team on your hackathon project.

• Hackathon Pod Demos – Your pod will come together to show off their projects during a series of live demos on Zoom. Your GPMs will select a winning project from each Pod to move on to the global finals.

• Technologies
  Similarity of technologies used to DoD project