The State of the League (2018)

These are the slides that I presented during the keynote address of MLH Hackcon VI.

This is going to be a HUGE year for hackers. Join me as I walk through everything the MLH community has achieved in the last year and lay the path forward for all we can achieve together in the coming one. This annual address serves as Major League Hacking's B-Corp Impact Report.

Transcript

1. The State of the League August 2018
2. They call me Swift. Here are some fun facts about me…
 ! CEO & Co-Founder of Major League Hacking. ! Aspiring lawyer who became a software engineer instead. ! I’ve been empowering developers, designers, & makers at hackathons for 9 years now. swift@mlh.io @SwiftAlphaOne
3. NEW JOB I needed to find a
4. MISTAKE There must have been a
5. EMBARRASSED Talking about my job made me feel
6. HACKATHON? What on earth is a “ ”
7. That’s me 
 at my first hackathon!
8. LAWYER I want to be a
9. I thought my story was UNIQUE
10. ALL OF YOU! Then I met
12. TECHNOLOGY is eating the world
13. We won’t experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century — it will be more like 20,000 years of progress at today’s rate. “ ” Ray Kurzweil
 Director of Engineering, Google
14. Learn new, complicated things QUICKLY
15. 1,000,000 Source: 2013 Bureau of Labor Statistics Report unfilled C.S. jobs by 2020
16. 3% of undergraduates are studying C.S. Source: 2018 National Center for Education Statistics Survey
17. 10x Enrollment at Coding Bootcamps has grown Source: 2017 Course Report Coding Bootcamp Market Size Study
18. BROKEN Tech education is
20. Giving students iPads or allowing them to film homework assignments on YouTube prepares them for a high-tech economy about as much as playing with Hot Wheels would prepare them to thrive as auto mechanics. “ ” Cal Newport
 Professor, Georgetown University
21. BROKEN EDUCATION SYSTEM RAPID
 TECHNOLOGICAL
 CHANGE
22. STUDENT HACKER REVOLUTION
23. 84% I gain skills at hackathons that I am not getting in the classroom. Source: 2018 MLH Season Survey “ ”
24. As a community, we are stronger As a community, we are smarter
 As a community, we are faster As a community, we are more diverse As a community, we are
25. 50% more diverse than an average C.S. class! Source: 2018 National Center for Education Statistics Survey
26. 750+ Hacker Events
27. 71,000+ Hackers Empowered
28. We empower hackers.
29. Our mission is so important to us, that we made it part of our company’s DNA. This year, we took the final step & became 
 Major League Hacking, PBC.
30. 250,000+ Lifetime Hackers Empowered
31. This has been a HUGE year for student hackers.
32. HACKER STORIES 3
33. Sumaiya Tabassum Queens College Tech Incubator Summer Series, HackAttack, & BQ GirlHacks.
34. Sumaiya lost her INTEREST
35. Sumaiya didn’t feel WELCOME
36. Hackathons welcomed LEARNING
38. There was so much CONTENT!
39. Sumiaya’s community is THRIVING
40. 350+ Localhost Events
41. 2x the Localhost Modules! & many more!
42. MOMENTUM REWARDS
43. Bring awesome workshops to your hackathon & club! localhost.mlh.io
44. Cameron Akker HackHarvard, MakeHarvard, & VHacks.
45. Harvard needed a HACKATHON
46. HackHarvard was a huge SUCCESS!
47. There was no community for HARDWARE
48. Cameron mentored HIS TEAM
49. He thought it was SPAM
51. ORGANIZER PEER GROUPS Introducing MLH Meet and work with other hackathon organizers in the MLH community to tackle challenges together.
52. THIS WEEKEND! Attend a Peer Group hackp.ac/peer-groups
53. FINISH LINE FUND! Introducing the MLH Sometimes organizers need the extra push to get over the fundraising finish line. MLH will be awarding grants up to $2,500 to promising events that regularly: 1. Participate in peer groups 2. Share updates with MLH 3. Mentor & challenge other organizers
54. 25% Don’t Demo
55. MENTOR HOTLINE Introducing the MLH Powered by
56. Akshaya Dinesh Girls Make Apps, ByteHacks, & 
 MLH Coach.
57. Akshaya wanted MORE!
58. covered in stickers LAPTOP Akshaya spotted a
59. Akshaya made a MISTAKE
61. Akshaya’s team got 1ST PLACE!
62. Girls Make Apps is closing the gender gap in tech by providing educational opportunities for girls in Computer Science.
63. BYTEHACKS
64. Akshaya kept seeing
65. Akshaya became an MLH COACH
66. CRYPTO
 CHAMELEON 2019 Hackathon Season:
67. MORE! But wait, there’s
68. Powered by in hardware! $15k
69. Software & APIs! FREE
70. in prizes & swag! $3.5k
71. Member Hackathon
 Field Support Content 
 Launchpad MLH Localhost
 Super Facilitators 1 2 3 COACHES PROGRAM We are growing the
72. This will be a HUGE year for student hackers.
73. FORGOT? Wait, is there something I
76. 225+ Local Hack Days!
77. December 1st, 2018 localhackday.mlh.io
78. “Learn.” “Build.” “Share.” I empower hackers by enabling them to... “ ” 1 2 3
79. Fall 2019 Winter 2019 Spring 2020 Starting in 2019, you’re getting 3x the
80. Fall 2019
81. Winter 2019
82. Spring 2019
83. Fall 2019 Winter 2019 Spring 2020 Starting in 2019, you’re getting 3x the
84. Thanks, I’m Swift. I hope you enjoyed my talk. As a reminder:
 ! You can follow me on Twitter at @SwiftAlphaOne • You can email me at swift@mlh.io • I’ll be tweeting these slides after the talk and publishing a blog post summary next week!