It's that magical time of the year - our hackathon is back! Twice a year, we set aside the day-to-day and dive into an exciting 48-hour innovation whirlwind of rapid development. It's a chance to play on the leading edge of cloud technology, and we have a lot of fun doing it. We are also excited to share that our hackathon will be online again. We hope you'll follow along with our journey!
Our theme this time around is building your own machine learning model. With the rapid adoption of machine learning into every industry, from legal to streaming to retail, it is imperative to understand what is possible with machine learning and what challenges can be solved with all the data. Since providing value is one of our core values, this gives us the opportunity to explore and unlock new and innovative ways to harness and gather data that benefits current and new customers. If you'd like more details about Metal Toad's approach to machine learning, take a look at this blog post.
We chose the machine learning theme for our online hackathon to build on our experience, innovate our existing practices, and share our lessons learned with businesses optimizing their machine learning workflows.
At Metal Toad, our online hackathon is two solid days of innovation and creativity. Toads form teams, develop something they want to create, and use AWS tools to build an actual working piece of software in just 48 hours. Hackathons are just one of the ways we invest in our people's professional growth—not to mention R&D—while having a blast!
Here's how it works:
Our Q4 online hackathon begins bright and early on Wednesday, December 15. It concludes with team presentations on Friday, December 17—followed by a party, of course!
Hackathons are more than just a great time—we invest in them twice a year because they add significant value to our business. Here are the top benefits:
If you're feeling inspired to host your own hackathon, we encourage you to go for it! Here's a few hints on planning your own: