We are overwhelmed with the response to the crack-a-code Hackathon!

Nagarro in association with CSOFTMTY (Consejo de Software de Nuevo León), successfully concluded crack-a-code, Mexico's biggest hackathon ever! Crack-a-code was a unique opportunity that tested students' creativity, logic, intelligence, and skills through a series of challenges that motivated and inspired a future generation of software engineers. Participants attended three exclusive talks from worldwide industry experts, got hands-on coding experience via two coding challenges (Pro League and Champions League), and won exciting prizes, badges, and Swag boxes throughout this mega event that spanned six weeks!

Highlights

Three talks by industry experts, aimed to help students in their career path

Students got to showcase their coding skills; gained hands-on coding experience

Multiple quizzes, games, and activities, spread over a period of six weeks

Grand prizes won by top three winners, plus a work opportunity for the best coders

Participation certificate for all participants of the Pro League and Champions League challenges

HACKATHON SUMMARY

The hackathon was a fun-filled learning journey, comprising of two leagues. High performers were offered internship/job opportunities and there were several exciting prizes for different challenges such as vouchers, Amazon gift vouchers, badges, and Nagarro's goodies.

Round 1

Pro League

The Pro League challenge was conducted in two phases.

Phase 1 consisted of MCQs to test students’ knowledge.

Phase 2 was a 'Hunt-the-Bug' challenge.

In Phase 1, students faced multiple MCQ challenges to test their knowledge around analytical skills, database, programming, software engineering, IoT, etc.

1st MCQ Challenge: 15 questions based on IQ patterns tested knowledge around analytical skills and IQ level.
2nd MCQ Challenge: 30 technical questions tested database knowledge, programming skills, software engineering skills, etc. The complexity level was easy.
3rd MCQ Challenge: 25 technical questions tested database knowledge, programming skills, software engineering, etc. The complexity level was medium.

Phase 2 (Hunt-the-Bug) had a problem statement around which participants found out bugs in an application. They then reported the summary of the bugs within the time provided. (Online submission)

League Winner:

Mario Jimenez

Prize:

Laptop + Internship at Nagarro

1st Runner-up:

Rafael Garcia

Prize:

Tablet

2nd Runner-up:

Anette Abreu

Prize:

Hard drive

Round 2

Champions League

The Champions-league Challenge was a programming-focused challenge that aimed to motivate a new generation of IT professionals to put their skills to the test.

In this challenge, students attempted two coding coding challenges in their choice of Language supported by TechGig. The duration for each coding challenge was 90 Minutes.

League Winner:

Ramona Najera

Prize:

Laptop + Job opportunity at Nagarro

1st Runner-up:

Elias Mera

Prize:

Tablet

2nd Runner-up:

Andres Torres

Prize:

Hard drive

topics we care

Talk 1:
Sept. 04

Topic: Developing a product thinking mindset

Speaker Ananda Sengupta delved deep into the product design thinking approach to solve problems and discussed how this mindset applies to any engineering or non-engineering space.

Talk 2:
Sept. 11

Topic: Getting a job with IT global companies

Industry experts Marco Sanchez and Paulina Olivera shared insights into the IT world and how students must prepare themselves to secure a fulfilling job in an IT organization.

Talk 3:
Sept. 25

Topic: How to be a better IT professional

Speakers Luis Humberto González Guerra, Anurag Sahay, and Vicente Zamora Castro reflected on the concepts and tools to help students accelerate their potential for problem-solving with programming, the economics of AI, and the importance of soft skills as an IT Professional, respectively.

Pro League:
Oct. 09

MCQs and Hunt-the-Bug Challenge

The objective of the Pro-League challenge is to judge the IQ level of students and to test whether a student can understand a problem statement, and apply skills to come up with a solution.

Champions League:
Oct. 16

Programming-focused challenge

The objective of the Champions League challenge is to test students' knowledge of different programming languages with logical development skillsets.

Speakers' profiles

Ananda Sengupta

Head of Telecom BU,
Nagarro

Marco Sanchez

Associate Director,
Nagarro

Paulina Olivera

Senior Analyst,
Nagarro

Anurag Sahay

Head of AI & Data Sciences BU, Nagarro

Luis Humberto González Guerra

Associate Professor,
Tecnológico de Monterrey

Vicente Zamora Castro

Senior Software Engineer,
Nagarro

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We are overwhelmed with the response to the crack-a-code Hackathon!

Three talks by industry experts, aimed to help students in their career path

Students got to showcase their coding skills; gained hands-on coding experience

Multiple quizzes, games, and activities, spread over a period of six weeks

Grand prizes won by top three winners, plus a work opportunity for the best coders

Participation certificate for all participants of the Pro League and Champions League challenges

HACKATHON SUMMARY

The hackathon was a fun-filled learning journey, comprising of two leagues. High performers were offered internship/job opportunities and there were several exciting prizes for different challenges such as vouchers, Amazon gift vouchers, badges, and Nagarro's goodies.

Round 1

Pro League

The Pro League challenge was conducted in two phases.

Phase 1 consisted of MCQs to test students’ knowledge.

Phase 2 was a 'Hunt-the-Bug' challenge.

League Winner:

Mario Jimenez

Prize:

Laptop + Internship at Nagarro

1st Runner-up:

Rafael Garcia

Prize:

Tablet

2nd Runner-up:

Anette Abreu

Prize:

Hard drive

Round 2

Champions League

The Champions-league Challenge was a programming-focused challenge that aimed to motivate a new generation of IT professionals to put their skills to the test.

League Winner:

Ramona Najera

Prize:

Laptop + Job opportunity at Nagarro

1st Runner-up:

Elias Mera

Prize:

Tablet

2nd Runner-up:

Andres Torres

Prize:

Hard drive

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Event Recap

Talk 1:Sept. 04

Topic: Developing a product thinking mindset

Talk 2:Sept. 11

Topic: Getting a job with IT global companies

Talk 3:Sept. 25

Topic: How to be a better IT professional

Pro League:Oct. 09

MCQs and Hunt-the-Bug Challenge

Champions League:Oct. 16

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Talk 1:
Sept. 04

Talk 2:
Sept. 11

Talk 3:
Sept. 25

Pro League:
Oct. 09

Champions League:
Oct. 16