Selina, Major: Computer Science and Math
Q: What’s your name and major?
A: My name is Selina Li, and I’m a double major in Computer Science and Math.
Q: What made you come to HackRU?
A: I wanted to learn something new and enrich my portfolio.
Q: What was one of the biggest takeaways you had from HackRU?
A: I learned that HackRU is a very chill scene; there is a lot of freedom to do anything you want.
Q: Tell us about an experience you had at HackRU.
A: I met an awesome partner who I worked with on a project. It was both our first time and we participated in a lot of the activities.
Q: What would you tell someone participating at their first hackathon?
A: HackRU offers a lot more than project competition. Even if you’re not a tech major, there is still a lot to explore.
Q: How is technology going to shape your career?
A: Well my career is going to revolve around technology, any changes in technology could impact me.
Ravi, Major: Finance and Math
Q: What’s your name and major?
A: My name is Ravi Vyas, and I’m a double major in Finance and Math.
Q: What made you come to HackRU?
A: I was really captivated by the energy of the committee. The organization as a whole is very committed to HackRU and the atmosphere presented by the organization was outstanding.
Q: What was one of the biggest takeaways you had from HackRU?
A: One of the biggest takeaways I had was that teamwork is very essential to the success of the organization. The teamwork needed to prosper in the events showed the cooperativeness needed in a professional work environment.
Q: Tell us about an experience you had at HackRU.
A: One of the most fun experiences I have had at HackRU was the cup stacking event. It forced us to utilize decision making skills, teamwork, and strategy to formulate a winning procedure.
Q: What would you tell someone participating at their first hackathon?
A: Don’t be scared to interact with people. Everyone is nice, everyone is open, and everyone is willing to help.
Q: How is technology going to shape your career?
A: Technology is a big part of business. From formulations to forecasting to calculations, technology is essential to success in my industry.
Doug, Degree: Computer Science
Q: What’s your name and major?
A: My name is Doug Rudolph and I’m a recent Rutgers grad with a degree in Computer Science.
Q: What made you come to HackRU?
A: At the time, I had just recently transferred to Rutgers and I was seeking out how to become more involved the Rutgers CS community.
Q: What was one of the biggest takeaways you had from HackRU?
A: One of the biggest takeaways from HackRU was the closing ceremonies. Reflecting on what I had learned and the people I had met had me coming back to future HackRUs.
Q: Tell us about an experience you had at HackRU.
A: I remember it being about 5 am, the hype for that night was starting to die, and majority of people were starting sleep; all but one team that is. While the venue was basically close to silent, this one team had just started to get their project to work and their excitement was so genuine. I still remember, that hack was a home-run derby VR app that let you interact with the game through a wiffle ball bat. What made this moment so memorable was seeing how other teams were so interested, and how people in passing by were so willing to try their app. This moment really resonated with me simply because it conveyed the camaraderie that hackathons are capable of creating.
Q: What would you tell someone participating at their first hackathon?
A: Don’t think that you are out of place if you are new to coding, don’t feel like you’re obligated to try and win a prize, and especially don’t think that people are unwilling to help. People come to hackathons to meet new people and learn. Focus on learning something new and simply try to just build something — no matter the size of your project!
Q: How is technology going to shape your career?
A: As a CS major, technology shapes my career everyday. From coding for work, to giving talks, a day doesn’t go by where I’m not thinking about software.
Rajvi, Major: Computer Science
Q: What’s your name and major?
A: My name is Rajvi Mehta and my major is Computer Science.
Q: What made you come to HackRU?
A: To make a cool project with my friends and to learn something new.
Q: What was one of the biggest takeaways you had from HackRU?
A: From HackRU, I learned that computer science is a vast field and there is so much to learn, but there is also many resources to learn from. I realized that to learn something on your own outside of school, you have to start somewhere and HackRU gave me the perfect opportunity to start learning something new.
Q: Tell us about an experience you had at HackRU.
A: An experience I had was building an iPhone app and using all the great resources present at HackRU like the student mentors and also the company mentors as well!
Q: What would you tell someone participating at their first hackathon?
A: I would tell them to not give up on their project and to be open minded to new ideas.
Q: How is technology going to shape your career?
A: Technology will always inspire me to find the more efficient solution and challenge me to create creative projects in my career.
Head on over to www.hackru.org to register for HackRU Fall 2017 on October 14–15!
