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@goodhuman1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah give us some more stories ❤️

@hurricanetwister24

3 жыл бұрын

cant wait :o

@aracoixo3288

2 жыл бұрын

😎 k

@johnkevin6134

2 жыл бұрын

You saying that you have to talk to people, introduce yourself and such? That, I think, is the most relatable thing to me. Not participated in any hackathons, though but social interactions are very challenging

lol I was the HTML guy in your group! glad i came across this video 😀

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

Yoo Damian! Long time no see haha

@PrinceLobo-es8kl

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I was trying to see if there are members of those team in comment section

@lightdropp

2 жыл бұрын

Bro i have the same name as yours. Cheers

@Bad_Chad

2 жыл бұрын

This was cool to come across. Really motivating stuff.

@voizek

2 жыл бұрын

@@asdasdadsv tf lol

Girl carried you guys so hard her entire lineage will have inherited back pain, arthritis and muscle atrophy

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@Omar-gr7km

2 жыл бұрын

frfr xDDDD

@KF-zb6gi

2 жыл бұрын

Loll XD

@tofjackn8376

6 ай бұрын

isn't muscle atrophy caused by lack of movement of the muscle

Anyone who has stickers on their laptop knows what they’re doing 😂

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

Professional hackers 💻

@huhwhatwho7895

3 жыл бұрын

More stickers -> Someone who wants to look like a Programmer / Hacker Less stickers -> ;)

@RawBert

2 жыл бұрын

@GigaramsYT truer

@engine_man

2 жыл бұрын

I get free stickers all the time and just give them away. Maybe it's just me but I like the uninterrupted pristine metal feeling of the laptop as I pat it after it's done a good days job.

@parthaprateempatra4278

2 жыл бұрын

@@engine_man I completely agree with you. I haven't given away my stickers, but I love the raw metal body. Maybe someday I will use a sticker but peel it out in the evening 😂.

"Oh, wait. I don't know how to code. So, I did homework or something." hahaha soo good

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

had to blend in somehow haha

@tireg47

21 күн бұрын

Know your strengths 😂

That girl who carried yall is the mvp. You owe her a lot Nicolas.

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

s/o to her

@lukesun7241

2 жыл бұрын

Epic

@bhabiecorleone3764

2 жыл бұрын

He doesn’t owe her shit? Lol

@keeIie

2 жыл бұрын

@@bhabiecorleone3764 me when i dont get the joke

@infected9693

2 жыл бұрын

Haha sacchai hota?😂

Wow...You really hold a grudge against the girl who rejected you 😂

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

😤

"...so therefore my background is in ... business" 📈 so funny!!! I nearly snorted 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

hahaha

I also get intimidated by people with stickers on their laptops.

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

they are pro hackers

Whoever that graphic design girl was, she did a damn good job. I would legit get that app if it existed, it actually looked really clean

"i dont like to speak" *Bring 3 older people (including a girl) under his banner*

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

This was really funny and such a wonderful story. I really enjoyed it! I am a third year CS student and I can relate to so much here, except that I am much older and most of my stories are probably more embarrassing and have less of a happy ending. Regardless, I would love to hear more about your journey. Keep up the great work Nick!

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

thanks! glad you enjoyed :)

Bro, you’re a great storyteller, amazing experience, thank you for sharing!

My first hackathon was in 9th grade, where it was secretly just a CTF. We placed higher than any other group of students in the years the teacher had taught. I got a stupid T-Shirt, and lost my girlfriend to aggressive keyboard typing

@SadKris

2 жыл бұрын

Should’ve made the teacher have the t-shirt say “I placed higher than any of my other classes, and all I got was this lousy shirt.”

@GkTriesToBeOk

2 жыл бұрын

How was it as an overall experience?

@lesshumanmoredead

Жыл бұрын

relationships are temporary, programming skills are eternal

@osenazl

11 ай бұрын

@@lesshumanmoredeadpurr

Also 14 hackathons is pretty impressive :o kudos to that + your gr 10 win

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

haha thank you :)

Just found your channel yesterday, and these videos are hilarious. Thanks bro!

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy them :)

this is such a cool and inspiring story!! it's quite cool that you took part in your first hackathon so young. wow, such a feel good story

I was doubting going to my first hackathon this weekend but I'm glad I came across this video. I'm trying to remind myself that it's ok to not know everything, it's uncomfortable but it's for the sake of growth!

@lily-roseday2912

Жыл бұрын

Same exact situation with me! I’m going to my first hackathon this weekend as well and this video single-handedly convinced me it was a good idea lol

@grogu_2003

Жыл бұрын

How did it go???

Wooo so inspiring! 🎉 Crazy how one event can change career prospects

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

i know right!

What a great inspirational story before I enter the world of programming👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Great storytelling and I appreciate the included bloopers! Keep it real~

man your videos just making my day! thank you

Hey buddy, I end up watching your video before my hackathon and from that inspiration I also moved forward and also end up getting the 2nd position in my First Hackathon. It was nicely described by you and helped me deciding many turning points. Thank You!

@ifraikram4301

3 ай бұрын

Bro what project did u build? Can you tell something about ur journey in Hackathon project

Amazing video! It actually motivated me to join a few online hackathons even though I barely know anything.

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome, hope you enjoy them!

Reminded me of my first hackathon! Great video :)

thanks man, there's a hackathon event in school but I'm kinda intimidated but this vid pushed me to join

The story was really good! Congrats for the first win!!

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks!!

I'm going to my first in-person hackathon next week! I've competed in two virtual hackathons prior to this, but I'm looking forward to work with others face-to-face and making new friends. ☺

I'm doing a hackathon with Hack3 in a week and the fact that no one on your team knew any coding is encouraging to me because I don't know a ton lol

"free swag" I suddenly want to learn how to code, wonder why? 😂 (thanks for the video btw, I was thinking about trying to go to some hackathons, but I am not to experienced in coding, this was a confidence boost thanks!)

I really enjoyed watching this video. Thanks Nicholas.

Woah, nice story! I placed third in my first hackathon - I still feel proud xD propulsion 🚀

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

Haha nice job 🚀

Nice to see that estimates people’s skill by the amount of stickers on their laptops. I wonder what that says about my evaluation of my self having no sticker on my MacBook 😂

551 subs two years ago. Now at near 150,000 that's amazing growth congrats.

Man, you're an inspiration! Today I am going to my first hackathon, and I too don''t know anything about hackathons. I am going for the free food. Let's see what happens : )

Your story truly motivates me to participate in the Hackathon event at my school, despite the fact the I just know a little bit of coding. :D

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

that's awesome to hear, let me know how it goes!

Damn, just noticed I watched this while wearing my university's hackathon's shirt.

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

what a coincidence!

Nice 😍and fun story 😅..... And now I am practice for my hackthon.....

That girl didn't deserve you in her team. Many CS students miss the bigger picture in these hackatons and decide to partner up only with those who have the experience, but they don't realise that asking for experience as a coder is the same as an employer rejecting 'them' for not having enough. People should have retrospective in terms of 'hmmm, how will his background be useful in this project?' - they may find out that some skills are transferable to the task at hand and that you can even aim for the top! Great Story Nic! :)

I love your voice, so calming.

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

thanks :)

the app looked really good tho i think ur team maybe won bc of that, the girl who did the mockup put in work tho! 🤞🏾

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

yea she carried us big time

Lotsa funny little moments/tidbits in here ahah. That grudge though 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Anyways, nice moral of the story: When doing a hackathon, focus on the concept and mockup; worry about implementation, code, etc if time (+skills) allow. Even if you have the coding chops, do a mockup first.

ive only done 1 hackathon so far as a sophomore cs major and i pretty much spent that hackathon just inputting data into a json file. it was definitely an interesting experience and while i didnt get much coding done at all, i think i learned a decent bit about web dev with apis and all

You inspired me to learn coding "again" 😂. Thanks btw can you please give everyone some tips for beginners like what language should we choose and where should we start if we are still in school

@BobbyFisaher

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe python can look up Corey Schafer he has a beginner playlist

So a group of conmen tricked their way into victory.

@hybridgamer4105

2 жыл бұрын

@Vladimir Peter damnn that was deep

Awesome story bro. Thanks for shsring

Hey my dude, what mic do you use? Hella pleasant quality. Good vid!

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

thanks! its the Boya by-M1 Lavalier Microphone

I'm guessing she called it momentum because she wanted to use the magic of compound interest to help achieve financial independence. To keep your "momentum" by not spending any money.

@theodayo1025

3 жыл бұрын

Genius

@KF-zb6gi

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, i think designer is usually more sensitive to what majority user likes

Man, I wish I knew about hackathons and stuff in grade 10 😂 we're all just messing on photoshop

Wooo new video!

Keep the great videos coming 👍

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

thanks, more coming soon!

I'm going to a hackathon tomorrow with no coding experience and this video was definitely reassuring :')

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

how'd it go?

@Nita-dp1mt

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicholast Won one of the top prizes! I had a great team haha it was fun

You are very lucky... I had a pretty bad experience in my first (and only) hackathon, which is a pity. We were a few people who couldn't code (I have a major in maths though), so nobody wanted to team up with us and ended up together. We had a data set to analyze, and couldn't do more than some calculations in Excel, nobody wanted to help. Very bad.

@DappInsights

Жыл бұрын

I feel bad for you and your team ...

I like how the reason for you going to hackathons turns out to be the excellent food :p

so wholesome

i will definitely attend next hackthon i was really feared that's why left my first chance

yea i cant wait for hackathons to go back in person

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

online hackathons just aren't the same 😥

Hey, I am a student applying for a hackathon this Saturday. To be honest we don't have any experience and also knowledge for this competition. The only thing that we have is self confidence and we believe in our self. As I said before the competition is this Saturday and we are trying to learn online courses but it's not enough. Your video motivates us a lot and thank you so much and if you can we need your advice.

@miguellm03

10 ай бұрын

how has it been??

Wow, this is such a cool coincidence but I also joined my very first hackathon which was organized by AlphaHacks last summer, and our team won 2nd place even if none of us knew how to code😂😂 It was an online hackathon though haha, but it's still really cool to hear about your in-person hackathon experience! Hope I can join one of those face-to-face events too someday🙏

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

LOL WHAT A COINCIDENCE 😂 and yea hopefully you get to participate in an in person hackathon soon!

fake it till you make it is my life motto

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

Wise words

i remember attending my first hackathon and every oneeee from my class and ... had a surprised pikachu face

Really I swear I really needed this.. Today I got to know about hackathon And I am pretty Interested in it but I don't know how to code 😅 but I am interested to learn it and I have to participate. Wish me luck 🤞🏻❤ Thanks for your story. Im also a grade 10 student who does not know how to code 😂

Great video!

Man funny videos you should add like some time spaces after like a joke then just excuse it with something like “but… anyways.” And also new subscriber keep it up 👍

That's so cool. So I'm into tech and all. The thing I never liked about technology was coding. Let's say that I just don't understand it more then I don't like it lol. I tried python for a while and made a calculator after following a video on Yt. I'm saying this because I'm interested in your thoughts in all of this and want to hear how you got in coding. Thanks a lot if actually made it to the end of this lol. Great vid!

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

i mainly got into coding because i liked making stuff. sure, it was hard it times, but i was determined to build what i wanted and seeing the final product was an amazing feeling!

@dragon1353

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicholast Appreciate the response. Thanks!

You are awesome

Wow thanks for this Motivation

Great video bro. My first Hackathon was HacktoberFest2021 in class 11th which was online and I got t-shirt and lots of stickers(without coding) and I really loved it. (sadly in India there are not much Hackathon taking place and also to get good collage you have to be top 1000/1000000 in JEE exam, that's why I am planing to give SAT and move to US for Undergraduation) I would love to get any advice from everyone.

@81_monish_roy74

8 ай бұрын

Actually that's a smart idea but in India hackathons are also frequent if you follow well specially sites like geeks for geeks, coding ninjas, etc as u may know the holy grail of programming! U will find a lot of free hackathons in sites like these.

Nice story bro How did you find all this hackathons ?

The free food thing is major 😂

Now I'm gonna apply for a lot of Hackathons

Oh ny god, i wish someone also carried me in hackathons lol

It's the "because of the food thing" for me😂

I just recently got in a hackathon team for the second time this year

the sadest thing about cs for me is the jobs and hackathons become more online

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah online hackathons just aren’t the same :(

did you put the wealth simple stickers on your laptop afterwards? 🤣

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

maybe 👀

You encouraged me to participate in the next hackaton 🎉

Great video.

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Subtle free food thing! I would for the same reason!!

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

free food is the best food

"Why do these people keep talking about animals?" 🤣🤣

How did you then learn coding over the next couple of years and make it to Waterloo

Very nice video cool 👍

ahh, the legend himself

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

no thats u

@harshith_takkala

2 жыл бұрын

Is she that girl, made the mockup at the hackathon ?? Nice to see you !

From the background music I can tell you listen to Daniel Caesar. Nice taste in music!

Free stuff good stuff

Loves your voice ❤️.. Plz suggest that how to start coding as a beginner.

He: Obviously I give some inspiration BEHIND this, His mind : bro are you sure 🤣🤣

Bro you inspire so much👍

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

glad to hear that :)

My first and till now only one was in 9th grade where programming wasn't even involved lol. They had 5 total topics and we took the basic "Best out of Waste" topic and somehow our 3 person team won with a bootleg fire alarm made from reverse wiring a specific water heater part (iirc it wasn't even reverse wired we just said it was 💀) we got a trophy + 3.3k (rupees) each for a stationary type shop in our city. Overall pretty fun experience

2:59 You actually have to do that in AP computer science.

Great

Crack up vid bro!

i am a cs student from india.. idk about anyone but i surprisingly find you so funny.. the way of your talking.. youre not even trying to be sarcastic or funny but your straight face joke make everything so funny

"and also the free food thing" LMAO

😂 I can already imagine the background question like: -what’s your background? -me: spanish😀 😂

cool story

You’re awesome

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

No you are

Hackathons are like "Time crunch: The Experience"

thanks for inspiring me to try to find a hackathon to go to haha (virtually tho ;-;)

@nicholast

3 жыл бұрын

So glad it inspired you to go, come back to update me on how it goes!

I swear I won my first hackathon and a 70 euro mouse whilst being in the exact same situation

@nicholast

2 жыл бұрын

haha congrats!