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How I Won $18,000 In A Hackathon

Teodorus Nathaniel on January 24, 2023

Polkadot Hackathon: North America Edition was a hackathon hosted by the Polkadot ecosystem in June-July 2022. This event focused on building apps o...
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Oleh Mell

Inspiring article. I'm already ready to apply for the hackathon :)

Thanks for sharing your experience!

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Alex Siman

Have you ever participated in hackathons on Web3 Social?

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Atila027

Thank for your reply
I have no experience in that.

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Teodorus Nathaniel

Nice! Good luck and hope you are interested in building using subsocial there 😋

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oleksandrkimin

Thanks for sharing, that is truly amazing how one notification in Discord can change your life later on.

I wonder if you saved any pictures of what you've build during this hackathon, would be great to see

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Teodorus Nathaniel • Edited

Yes its a life changing notification 😍

Here're some screenshots from the demo video I made for the submission.
Full demo video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mkW_3TsC-A&t=41s

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Atila027

Hi.
Congratulation bro.
I 'd like to follow you.
But I have a little knowledge about hackton.
Could you do me a favor?

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Teodorus Nathaniel

thanks 😁, what favor do you want me to do?

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Atila027

I want a job for income.
I have loved web developer and design and worked as freelancer.
But I have to get a regular job.
Your experience and story make me excited.
Please help me.

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Teodorus Nathaniel

I think if you have worked as freelancer, it should not be too hard to find a regular job at your vicinity.
But if getting regular job is not an urgent problem, then you can try joining some hackatons that you are interested in.
Try to join some dev community to keep in touch or just search from the list in devpost. You can build connection too from there that can help you get a new job.

Good luck!

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Alex Siman

what would you like to know specifically?

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Atila027

yeah.
I 'd like to know about that

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Medea

Wow congrats!
Such an inspiring story

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Alex Siman

Totally!

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Denis Igin

Wow, congrats - that's a decent amount of money! What happened to the project after the hackathon, are you going to compete with the incumbent that inspired you in the first place?

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Teodorus Nathaniel

actually I'm now working with the Subsocial team that presents the bounty and it's on progress to make the app production ready 😁

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David Bayode

Congratulations bro!

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Juan F Gonzalez

Congrats on your win!

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Husni Rizal

Cool article! Congrats on the win, inspirational story :)

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Oluborode Akintunde Paul

Congratulations... When will you share the bonus ?

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Teodorus Nathaniel

bonus? 🤔