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Battle of the Bay: University Hackathon

Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 7:00 PM - Friday, May 20, 2011 at 1:00 PM (PT)

San Jose, CA

Battle of the Bay: University Hackathon

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Event Details

The eBay Developers Program would like to invite you to our first-ever University Hackathon.

Want to get the inside scoop on working at eBay, learn about all the cool things you can build with our APIs and win fun prizes? (READ: Cash money! Gadgets! Gift certificates!)

We’re opening our doors for an overnight hackathon open to current university students or those who have graduated in the last six months. We’ll fill you with yummy goodies and challenge you to build great things on our platform. Bonus: An hourly Wii/Xbox/PS3 competition. Get cozy and have 1-1 talks with our developers, product managers, marketing gurus and program leads. And learn more about eBay and eCommerce innovation! If that excites you, we have our Career folks on hand so you can even get a jump start on internship and job searches!

Having dinner with us? We're rollin' up some yummy Korean BBQ from Bulkabi! Stay tuned for Midnight Munchies info as well as a fantastic breakfast before all the demos start. 

Prizes? You want prizes? You got prizes!
 

Overall Hackathon Prizing:

First: $2500

Second: $1000

Third: $500


More fun awards:

- The Coveted "WTF Award" for most out-there hack: $500

- eDP Special Selection for impressing our team: $500

- Tweet Master for the Most Tweets/RTs about your hack: $250

- Shutterbug for sharing the most photos of this event online: $250

- Best demo: $200

- Capture the flag (You'll see -- trust us): 150

- (2) $500 “Book Scholarships” for your next semester's purchases


- JUST ANNOUNCED: We will also be awarding one lucky winner an eBay Internship! Graduate student or undergrad, an eBay intership will be awarded based on demonstrated skill, knowledge and activity during the hackathon. Details to be revealed at the event.


We will also have a SURPRISE award which will be announced at start of the event!

 

Want to get a jump start? Check out the APIs and join the Developers Program for free prior to the event to be able to quickly start making your first calls. 

Prior to the hackathon kickoff on May 19th, the eBay Developers Program will be sponsoring the Plug and Play's University EXPO where 20 of the top university business plan competition winners from around the US compete for the #1 spot.  eBay friends get 75% off of the ticket price - use the code
 ebayuexpo.