Local Hack Day: Build

Who can attend?

Locations have different requirements for who can attend. This location is open to the following:

Schedule

Local Hack Day: Build will run from Sunday, January 10th to Monday, January 18th. During this time, you can expect challenges for all skill levels. These challenges can be completed on your own time, and new ones will be released each day via email and on ! Once the daily challenges are announced, you’ll have 24 hours to complete and submit them in order to earn those points on the leaderboard.
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If the daily challenges aren’t quite your speed, there will also be plenty of week-long challenges you can complete at any time. These will range from quick technical challenges to tasks you can complete with your guildmates, both beginner friendly and technically advanced so there is something for everyone. You can learn more about these below!

Live Sessions Schedule

Additional Information

Other Links:

• Join A Guild
• Additional Information
• Referral Contest

Submission Links:

• Daily Challenges Devpost
• Daily Challenges Form
• Week-Long Challenges Devpost
• Week-Long Challenges Form

Daily Check In Links:

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Day 4
• Day 5
• Day 6
• Day 7

Submissions

Submit your challenges to earn points for yourself and your Guild. If you are completing a daily challenge, you will submit to the Daily Challenges Devpost and the Daily Challenges Typeform. For week-long challenges, you will submit to the Week-Long Challenges Devpost and the Week-Long Challenges Typeform. Where you submit is dependent upon the challenge and you can find the link you should use by looking at the challenges section of the Local Hack Day: Build website.

Guilds

One of the best parts of our community is that it allows people to meet and make connections with others, regardless of where you live. Form a guild of hackers and fight for a spot on the leaderboard. Who wouldn’t want bragging rights for having one of the most active guilds within the MLH community!
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Every time you complete a challenge during the week of Local Hack Day: Build, you’ll earn points for your Guild. There’s strength in numbers so it’s important to spread the word and we are here to help by providing you with pre-made marketing templates. Use these to share the excitement with your club, friends, and local hackers! The more members you have, the more points you’ll get and the faster you’ll climb your way up the leaderboard.

Points

Earn points for yourself and your Guild by completing our challenges throughout Local Hack Day: Build. Points are rewarded based on your participation and completion of challenges throughout the week of Local Hack Day: Build. These range from daily challenges to week-long challenges which can be as simple as posting on your social media or as advanced as completing a workshop and building a hack.

Swag

We have some seriously cool swag up our sleeves for Local Hack Day: Build and we’ve made it simpler than ever for you to earn it. It all starts with checking in to events. Whether it’s a workshop or just the day of the event, you can earn tons of stickers to deck out your laptop, postcards, and more.

Everyone who checks in and completes a single challenge will receive:
• An MLH Sticker
• An Ellie Season Sticker
• A Local Hack Day: Build Hexagon Sticker
• A Thank You Postcard

If you check in each day, you will receive:
• A bonus set of six hexagon stickers