"I think that part of the reason that I got my job, or at least that they looked at my resume, was because I had a hackathon project that was an augmented reality game..."
Kelly and Karin sit down again with Melissa Schmitz as she shares more stories and advice about hackathons, her experience in a data science bootcamp, and how she leveraged her hackathon wins into a full-time career in tech.
Connect with Melissa: LinkedIn | Medium
Click here to learn more about The Mighty Ducks, an augmented reality game Melissa worked on, at Hack Upstate XII!
Music
This episode features "Brain Power" by Mela from the album Mela two.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Special Guest: Melissa Schmitz.
