"I think that part of the reason that I got my job, or at least that they looked at my resume, was because I had a hackathon project that was an augmented reality game..." Kelly and Karin sit down again with Melissa Schmitz as she shares more stories and advice about hackathons, her experience in a data science bootcamp, and how she leveraged her hackathon wins into a full-time career in tech. Connect with Melissa: LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmitzmelissa/) | Medium (https://medium.com/@schmitzmelissa) Click here (https://devpost.com/software/the-mighty-ducks) to learn more about The Mighty Ducks, an augmented reality game Melissa worked on, at Hack Upstate XII! Music This episode features "Brain Power" (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Mela/Mela_two) by Mela from the album Mela two.

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