CodesnGears
Place: Avnet services / Ascendant Technologies,
Chennai
Time and Date: 20:30 21stFebruary 2014 to 09:30
23rdFebruary 2014
Website: http://www.codesngears.com/
Description:
Okay, let me get straight to the point about how the event
just went and what is the core feature of the hackathon conducted. Firstly this
is a 36 hour event where everything is provided right at the office. Ascendant
Tech has good space for this event within the office and we have been provided
with all the amenities. I have a solid team on my side which is prepared for
the battle when the event details are announced to us through HR team. The
students who are selected to Ascendant have called to know their interest in
participating. We all said yes and we had a couple of meeting about the kind of
project that has to be selected and an abstract has to submitted so that a
review will be done by the managers at Ascendant and a decision will be taken
about selecting.
Being fresher’s team and still college students, we are
partly unaware whether our project idea will be selected or not. We have an
idea of controlling the desktop computer or any pc for that matters to be
controlled by a mobile device using its sensors like accelerometer. This was a
great idea according to us and we are all set when we heard that our project
has been selected to be done at the hackathon event. We reached the office on
time and Sharan, authority at Ascendant has finally marked the start of the
event.
We have been desks and pcs for the event and we began to
think about how to jump into things. While I said as I would take care of the
mobile part in the project, Janani, Gopal and kannan decided to work for server
side. Santosh was more interested to investigate the connection models and came
with user datagram protocol. Thinking that this would make things simpler we
started with coding things on both sides and by midnight we have a working
model. We have a look around how people are doing and we stunned at the seniors
who are working in a very different pattern. They are having class diagrams and
models which we generally use only in answer sheets. They are professionally
writing things and implementing. After all that is what they are doing 24*7.
Meanwhile the coding we are offered the dinner
which is splendid. They offered a buffet system from a quality hotel for food
and we delighted with it. The coffee machines running all the day served us to
break down the drowsy nights. Initially we pulled our hairs to run the code and
connect the mobile with pc and were in vain. We had good Wi-Fi and started to
update things on Facebook about how the event is going. It is obviously a
student’s surprise to see corporate culture and how good it is to performing
people. We had snacks even at midnight. Finally at 4 in the morning we were
tired and wanted to have a nap. We have asked the management who were looking
about us during the event to arrange for a cab. We were arranged for it and
were taken to the guest house where our accommodation was booked for 2 days.
We slept for some time and started back to office at 11 and
found other teams who are very much indulged in carrying out their project. I have
never seen such determined people. We went to our desks and started to think
more about our modules. We did google search to all sites that provided
information on how to resolve our issues. Thanks to the fast internet
connection in the office, we were able to overcome so many issues. We offered
breakfast in the office at our desks and we spend talking about project. We took
around the office and got to talk with our future mates. People in Ascendant
are very cool with others. They were very friendly and helpful. They are resourceful
also to that matter when you ask them. I had some close seniors with whom I asked
for windows phone device. Even that it is his own personal phone he didn’t mind
to lend me.
At two in the noon we had our lunch in the office premises and
there it was when Sharan interacts with us asking about it was going. I thought
the attention will be around the big gags that would do tremendous things. It was
fair and square. He was talking with the fresher teams and making us
interacting with him. He was jovial and expressive. He makes us feel good in
the environment. After the lunch we sat again indulged in the process of
finishing the project with several coffees and snacks. We had discussions and
several tests for the project. We had vision for future improvements and constantly
thinking about feasibility. The aim of this hackathon is “Completeness of
project”.
It’s the time for dinner and we are again ready for another
one where we would with several seniors around us where we have no idea about
what they talk. Again another meal from another branded restaurant and it is as
usual splendid. Of course being in Chennai, we are offered only the vegetarian throughout.
After dinner and final night for the hackathon we decided to complete quickly
and move to guest house. We have to make a short video about how the project
and we came out with an act for the video. We took a big nap and returned to
the office for the final submission.
The suggestions that pour upon us would never stop and we
came with an additional feature for the project. A keyboard from the device and
that was at the last moment. We did it finally and we showed it up for the
review, Sharan and other judges who came praised us for our work. Mentioning us
as fresher team they applauded us and we are made for the final meeting. The mission
is accomplished with the great support from the team and the company. They made
us realise our potential and hackathon like this made us cheer up with the work
we done. It was a splendid experience for us to be a part of such hackathon.
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