Proposal: Polkadot Developer Hackathons and Crash Course for 1,000 Developers (#60DaysOfPolkadot)
Requested Allocation: $439,000 (hackathons and crash course for Polkadot)
Proponent: EasyA 5FQqvRHgBEUZG17qs9cNFH6ZSSVyAwhb7D6dKjGWb8xgKFkP
Short Description: EasyA is developing a crash course for developers educating them on Polkadot and its parachains/projects. EasyA will then hold 2 in-person hackathons in world-leading hubs London, UK and Boston, US for developers to participate in the final showdown and showcase what they’ve learnt. We aim to get 1,000 developers completing the crash course fully, and 400 developers to our 2 in-person hackathons. The goal: educate thousands of developers on Polkadot, reach millions on social media, and get #60DaysOfPolkadot trending in developer communities worldwide!
This builds on the massive success of the original 'Hello World' Polkadot Gitcoin challenges, which kickstarted the whole Polkadot developer community.
Objectives:
- Educate 1,000 developers on Polkadot and the ecosystem
- Produce 100 new projects on Polkadot and parachains by the end of the hackathon series
- Maximise the quality of submissions at Polkadot hackathons
- Increase awareness and adoption of Polkadot and parachains
- Introduce individuals to programming on Polkadot and parachains
- Create long-lasting content to benefit newcomers to Polkadot and parachains
See the proposal link here!
Comments (2)
I'm excited about this already - more education and most importantly, more awareness, is what's needed for the ecosystem at this point. I cannot wait to try the quizzes and hopefully attend one of the hackathons in person.
Hey there! We're super excited too and can't wait for you to try out our Polkadot challenges in the app! Hopefully see you at one of the hackathons! 🎉
I think this is an incredible initiative - as a university student I think we need to have more exposure among our community. In my opinion we also need more materials that are easily accessible to complete new-comers, not just developers who have prior experience. I'm very passionate about bringing more people into this space and right now I think the barrier to entry is people thinking it's too difficult to start developing in Web3 - especially students. This proposal has me excited and I'll be there to promote and attend when it hopefully comes to life!
We're thrilled to see you're just as excited as we are! Your opinion is totally correct, so we're designing this crash course to be accessible both to beginners and developers with prior experience. Since Dotsama is such a unique ecosystem, this provides us with the special opportunity to do so without boring experienced blockchain engineers; things are often very different in the world of Polkadot, so many areas will make them feel like beginners again too! We're huge believers in students, and are confident the next wave of developers will come from university communities - the very first blockchain-native developers! We're excited to bring this proposal to life finally!