How many people here have an idea for a web app, mobile app, game, or even work or life-hack project? ✋ Of course, you do… I too have a few projects in mind, in design, and some even started ( ) - but it is a little tougher to build it all out and show people. Getting much further can be a process and a huge investment. Of course, some people finish their side projects, but they probably have some motivation and resources. my lonely GitHub with old Unity projects For my day job, I help manage hackathons on Devpost where we are hosting a constant stream of motivation and resources for building projects. Motivation Due dates are awful, but helpful Hackathons always have a deadline to submit your project. No one wants a due date, but it is the best medicine to get something done. Online hackathons are usually a month or two long which will give you a few weekends to work on your project. Be on the lookout for hackathons that apply to your interests. Join early and take advantage of all that time. Award yourself with an actual Award Hackathons tend to have prizes at the end. If your project met all the requirements and wows the judges, you could get a payday for your project in cash, swag, or the sponsor’s cryptocurrency. Make sure you meet the requirements and make your video demo, description, and repository sparkle. For a step up, check the judging criteria, any past winners, and projects that the sponsor likes to highlight. Devpost has a handy search. is:winner Resources Teamwork, so you don’t have to do everything In a hackathon, you don’t have to be working alone on a project. There are other participants and usually a chat or discussion forum to find team members. This means if you don’t have back-end skills (me, for example), ask around and see who might want to join you. You would have to share the glory and prize, but you might win a friend. The sponsor is practically begging you to finish your project Here is a secret that is not so secret. The hackathon sponsor’s goal is usually to get developers to build something with their tool. The sponsor should be posting resources, setting up office hours, discussion boards and overall they are just trying to help you and everyone who signed up build something. Your project is important to them, ask them for help, tell them how your project is going. Wow… now you have some motivation and resources and you are still reading this 👀. You must be waiting for the list of hackathons on Devpost that I am clearly trying to promote. We literally always have a hackathon going on here: As of October 4th we have these hackathons going: Devpost.com link with tracking so I can take credit :) AWS Health AI Hackathon - Register here Deadline: Oct 14, 2022 @ 5:00pm PDT $48,000 in prizes Devpost Discord Server ​​Snap Spotlight Lensathon - Register here Deadline: Oct 20, 2022 @ 5:00pm EDT $150,000 in prizes Snap AR Community Forum Foursquare Places Hackathon - Register here Deadline: Oct 24, 2022 @ 5:00pm EDT $15,000 in prizes Foursquare’s developer community on Discord Turn Language into Action: A Natural Language Hackathon for Good - Register here Deadline: Oct 27, 2022 @ 11:45pm CEST $10,000 in prizes Expert.ai Community Forum Codegeist 2022 - Register here Deadline: Oct 31, 2022 @ 5:00pm EDT $300,000 in prizes Atlassian Developer Community forum EVMxIdeathon - Register here Deadline: Oct 31, 2022 @ 4:00pm UTC $125,000 in prizes EOS Network Foundation's Discord SingleStore Database Hackathon - Register here Deadline: Nov 7, 2022 @ 8:00pm EST $30,000 in prizes SingleStore Hackathon Discord Google Maps Platform Hackathon - Register here Deadline: Nov 14, 2022 @ 5:00pm EST $24,000 in prizes Google Maps Platform developer community on Discord ​​TRON Grand Hackathon - Season 3 - Register here Deadline: Nov 14, 2022 @ 5:00pm MST $1,200,000 in prizes TRON Developer Communities NEAR MetaBUILD III Hackathon - Register here Deadline: Nov 21, 2022 @ 5:00pm EST $1,000,000 in prizes NEAR Discord Server Title image source: https://media.giphy.com/media/SjpyVtXtkeatRDQwyM/giphy.gif

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