The Third Annual Intercollegiate

Hacker Handbook

Everything you need to know before you arrive.

📍 Event Location

Venue: Skyline College

Room: 4-148

Address: 3300 College Drive, San Bruno, CA 94066

🎒 What To Bring

💻 Your laptop + charger
🖱️ Mouse, headphones, or any gear you prefer
💧 Water bottle (food will be provided)
🧑‍🚀 An open mind and your curiosity

Open to everyone — no experience required, bring your friends.

👥 Teams

Teams of up to 3 members
You can form your team through the application
No team yet? We'll help you find one on check-in day or in Discord
Solo entries welcome

🛤️ Tracks & Themes

🏫 Improving SMCCCD

Theme: Student Success

Build something that helps students across our district succeed — tools for learning, study, campus life, advising, and beyond.

⚙️ Embedded Systems / Automation

Theme: Eco-Friendly or Visualization

Pick one. Automate a process that saves energy or resources, or build a visualization that reveals something new.

🕹️ Game Development / Data Science

Theme: Open-Ended

You decide the theme. Beginner-friendly — build a small game, a data visualization, or an interactive demo.

📜 Rules

Be respectful to all participants, mentors, and organizers
No harassment, discrimination, or hate speech
Original work only — you can use open-source libraries and AI tools, but core ideas should be yours
Teams of up to 3 people
Submissions must be made by the deadline
Stay in your lane — pick a track and commit to it
Have fun and help each other

🧑‍🏫 Mentors + Help

Mentors will be on-site during the opening and available in Discord during the week
Use #ask-a-mentor for project guidance
Use #coding-support for technical help
Check #shared-resources for tools and tutorials

🏆 Judging

Projects will be evaluated on creativity, technical execution, relevance to your chosen track theme, and presentation. Prizes and judging details will be announced closer to the closing ceremony.

📫 Contact

Questions? Email skylinecompsciclub@gmail.com or ping us in Discord.

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