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Are you a college student or a working professional looking for resources to learn a new coding language? Are you looking to meet new people in your community or searching for global conferences, hackathons and competitions to attend? If so, you should definitely check this out.

When I was in college, I missed a lot of opportunities like hackathons, conferences, internships and many global events due to lack of awareness. I don’t want the emerging developers to suffer the same as me. Hence, I and a bunch of other developers from all around have collected a list of resources for students. If you are in college, a college graduate, or just starting out as a developer, you should definitely check it out!

Table of Contents :clipboard:

  1. Coding Resources - How to learn xyz

  2. Hackathons and Events
  3. Student Benefits and Programs
  4. Open Source Programs
  5. Startup Programs and Incubators
  6. Internship Portals
  7. Developer Clubs and Meetups
  8. Conferences for students
  9. Top People to Follow
  10. Top Websites to Follow
  11. Additional Links
  12. Bootcamps


1. Coding Resources

1.1 Python

Browse this link for detailed information on Python

1.2 Machine Learning

Browse this link for detailed information on Machine Learning and Deep Learning

1.3 Deep Learning

Browse this link for detailed information on Machine Learning and Deep Learning

1.4 Android Development

1.5 Backend Development

1.6 Frontend Web Development


1.7 Data Structures

1.8 Alexa Tutorials

1.9 C Language

1.10 C++ Language

## 1.11 Git and Github

1.12 R Language

1.13 Haskell

1.14 MongoDB

1.15 Prolog

1.16 C# Language

1.17 DevDocs

1.18 Docker

1.19 Microsoft Technologies

1.20 Scala

1.21 Programming Notes for Professionals

1.22 MATLAB/Octave

1.22 Full-Stack Web Development

1.23 Go Language


2. Hackathons and Events

2.1 Top Global Hackathons 🌐

Id Name Place Travel Reimbursement Application Start Application End Event Date
1 Call for Code Online - - - Ended
2 Capgemini Tech Challenge Online + Onsite (India) - September-October - Ended
3 Conuhacks Canada - - - 1/26/2019
4 Djangothon 2018 Bengaluru, India - - - 11/17/18
5 Facebook Hackathon Online NA - - n/a
6 Global Hackathon Seoul South Korea YES - - Dead page
7 Hack In The North Allahabad, India - - March N/A
8 Hack Western Onsite (Western University) Yes (on a case by case basis) Nov End Mid Oct 11/23/18
9 HackDTU Onsite (India) No - - Ended
10 HackDavis USA - - - N/A
11 HackDuke USA - - - Dead page
12 HackIIITD Onsite (India) No August-September - Ended
13 Hackinit China - - - Ended
14 HackISU USA No October - Ended
15 HackMIT USA Yes Mid Sept July end Ended
16 HackNC USA Yes (on a case by case basis) Check website Week before event Ended, 2019 is open for pre-reg
17 HackNY USA Yes - - Ended
18 HackPrinceton USA - - - 11/9/18
19 HacktheNorth Canada Yes Mid Sept July end Ended
20 HackUCI USA - - - N/A
21 HackZurich Zurich, Switzerland Yes Check Website - Ended
22 HashHacks Onsite (India) No Mid Oct - Ended
23 IOT for Smart Life-REVA University Onsite (Reva University) October (Idea Submission) Nov End - 11/2/18
24 InOut Onsite (India) Yes October - Ended
25 JP Morgan Code for Good New York & London Yes - - N/A
26 Junction Espoo, Finland Yes August October 11/23/18
27 Kent Hack Enough Kent State University, USA Yes Early October - Ended
28 MHacks USA - - - Ended
29 McHacks USA - - - Dead page
30 Megathon India No Early September September End 2/1/2019
31 Mercari Euro Hack Online + Onsite (Poland) Yes Mid October - November, 2018
32 Microsoft Imagine Cup Online & Onsite Yes - - Open
33 nwHacks Canada - - - 1/26/19
34 PennApps USA Yes Mid Sept July end Ended
35 QHacks USA - - - 2/1/2019
36 Smart India Hackathon India Yes April Check website N/A
37 TechCrunch Disrupt USA Top Teams - - Ended
38 TreeHacks USA - - - 2/15/19
39 UHack 3.0 New Delhi, India - October 26th - Ended
40 UltraHack Regional and Global Yes - - multiple, next one 12/14/2018
41 Y Combinator Hacks USA - - - No link?
42 YHack Onsite (Yale University) Yes Nov End - 11/30/18
43 SwampHacks Onsite (University of Florida) Yes Nov Dec Ended, will be back 2019
44 Rose Hack Onsite (University of California, Riverside) No September January 1/19/2019

2.2 Competitions 🏆

ID Name Location
1 Accenture Innovation Challenge Online & Onsite
2 ACM - ICPC Online & On-Site
3 CodersBit Online
4 Facebook Hacker Cup Online
5 Code Gladiators Online & Onsite
6 E-Yantra Online & Onsite
7 Red Bull Basement University -
8 Shell Ideas360 Online & Onsite
9 Sony World Photography Awards – Youth Award Online
10 Doodle 4 Google Online
11 UN - Volunteer -
12 India Innovation Challenge - IICDC Online & Onsite
13 Quest Ingenium -
14 ROBOCON Onsite
15 ASME HVPC - Humans Powered Vehicle Challenge Onsite
16 Red Bull Basement University Online & Onsite
17 Tech Challenge Online
18 SnackDown Online
19 Google Code Jam Online
20 Google Hash Code Online
21 Kaggle Competitions Online
22 Breakthrough Junior Challenge Online
23 Russian AI Cup -
24 Hackshetra Onsite
25 Catalyst Coding Contest (CCC) Online & Onsite
26 CodeVita Online & Onsite
27 Microsoft AI challenge Online & Onsite

2.3 Hackathon Search Portals :dart:

|s.no| Name | Location | Category | |—-| —– |———-| ——– | |1| HackSociety| India | ALL | |2| DevPost | Online & On-site | ALL | |3| HackerEarth | Online & On-site | ALL | |4| Hackathon.io | Global | ALL | |5| TechGIG - Search Online Competitions| Online & On-Site |ALL | |6| Analytical Vidya | Online & On-Site | Data Science | | |7| Hackathon.com [Online & On-site] | Global | ALL |

2.4 Events 🎫

Check out these events for your region

  1. Google Developer Day - Organized by GDG
  2. Google IO extended - Organized by GDG
  3. Google Solve for India
  4. Paytm Build for India Workshops [ Delhi, Bangalore ]
  5. NVIDIA Developer Connect [ Global ]
  6. AWS meetups [ Global ]
  7. BrazilJS Conference August, RS, Brazil
  8. Hackathon at the NS [Netherlands] https://werkenbijns.nl/hackathon/

2.5 Startup Summits, Competitions and Bootcamps :neckbeard:

ID Name Location
1 Eureka - IITB Mumbai, INDIA
2 MIT - Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Online & USA
3 Startup Grind Global Conference Redwood City, California
4 Next Gen Summit New York
5 Y Combinator’s Startup School Online
6 School of AI Rome, Italy
7 European Innovation Academy Portugal, China
8 Startup Weekend - DTU Delhi, India
9 Watson School Incubator USA
10 DevMountain UT, AZ, TX
11 Product School Online, USA, & Toronto
12 HackerYou Toronto
13 BrainStation Online, USA, & Canada
14 Lighthouse Labs Canada
15 RED Academy Canada
16 Flatiron School Online, USA

2.6 Hiring Challenges

ID Name Location
1 Google Kickstart Online
2 CodeAgon- Codenation Hiring Challenge Online
3 Codhers- Adobe Hiring Challenge Online
4 CodeUrWay- Visa Hiring Challenge Online

3. Student Benefits and Programs :fire:

Campus Ambassador Programs :v:

  1. Microsoft Student Partner - Application Deadline - August
  2. GitHub Campus Experts
  3. College Representative - E-Cell IITB
  4. [Internshala Student Partner - ISP](https://internshala.com/)
  5. Progate Student Ambassador
  6. ISB - YLP Campus Ambassador Program
  7. GeeksforGeeks Campus Ambassador
  8. HackerEarth Campus Ambassador
  9. HackerRank Campus Ambassador
  10. Interviewbit Campus Ambassador
  11. Dell Campassadors Program
  12. Intel Ambassador Program
  13. Codechef Campus Ambassador
  14. Ingressive Campus Ambassador
  15. Mozilla Student Ambassador

Student Benefits and Packs :v:

  1. GitHub Student Developer Pack - Free Resources for Students
  2. Microsoft students:
  3. JetBrains Students pack
  4. AWS Educate
  5. Google Cloud
  6. Intel Developer pack
  7. Google Reskilling India Program Pluralsight
  8. Free .tech domain for 1 year dot tech Domains
  9. Free Web Hosting for 1 year Znetlive
  10. Bitbucket Education
  11. Namecheap free .name Domain
  12. Autodesk Education software for students
  13. Invision Free app for Education
  14. Canvas File Sync

Student Fellowship Programs :v:

  1. University Innovation Fellowship - Stanford University
  2. Teach for India Fellowship
  3. Young India Fellowship
  4. Urban Leaders Fellowship
  5. Facebook fellowship Program - Only For PHD Scholars
  6. Legislative Assistants to Members of Parliament (LAMP) Fellowship
  7. Prime Minister’s Rural Fellowship
  8. Azim Premji Foundation Fellowship Program
  9. Stanford-ABC News Global Health and Media Fellowship
  10. NSF Graduate Research Fellows, Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW)
  11. Acumen Regional Fellows India
  12. Ramanujan Fellowship - Only for Scientists
  13. Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship - For SC/ST candidates pursuing post graduations
  14. Gandhi Fellowship - UG/PG Students
  15. Ratan Tata Post doctoral Fellowship - Only For PHD Scholars
  16. President Abdul Kalam Azad Postgraduate Fellowship - Graduate Students
  17. Venkat Pachpakesan Memorial Scholarship
  18. Young Leaders For Active Citizenship
  19. Helium Grant Fellowship
  20. HackNY Fellows Program
  21. Coding it Forward - Civic Digital Fellowship

Scholarships :runner:

  1. Pytorch Scholarship Challenge - Udacity Application Deadline - October 23rd 9:30PM PST
  2. Grants, Awards AND Opportunities For Indian/Canadian Scholars
  3. Facebook Developer Circle Scholarship Program - DataScience/Frontend Dev
  4. Coding Bootcamp Scholarships - Course Report

4. Open Source Programs

For more Detailed Information about the GSOC Organization - Click Here

Id Name Organization Stipend/Incentives Timeline Deadline
1 Google Summer of Code Google YES - -
2 Rails Girls Summer Of Code Global Yes - -
4 GNOME internships GNOME YES - -
5 Radare Summer of Code - - -  
6 DataONE Summer Internship Program DataONE - - -
7 BOSS Coding Blocks, INDIA YES - -
8 GirlScript Summer of Code - Prizes & Goodies - -
9 Season of KDE KDE Prizes - -
10 The X.Org Endless Vacation of Code X.Org Yes - -
11 Free Software Foundation internships Free Software Foundation NO - -
12 Outreachy   Yes - -

For More Open Source Competitons and Programs - Click Here

For more detailed information about the GSOC Organization - Click Here


5. Startup Programs and Incubators :mag_right:

Id Name Organization
1 Amity Innovation Incubator Amity University
2 Atal Incubation Centre Government
3 Google LaunchPad Accelerator Google
4 Startup Village SV.CO
5 T HUB -
6 Atal Innovation challenge NITI, AYOG
7 Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Malaysia
8 Inova Metrópole IMD/UFRN, Brazil

6. Internship Portals :smile:

For summer internship, start looking at least 3-4 months in advance. #Tip

  1. Angel List
  2. Internshala
  3. Vettery
  4. LinkedIn Contact HRs on LinkedIn
  5. Hackkar
  6. LetsIntern
  7. Intern Supply
  8. Indeed

7. Developer Clubs and Meetups

Take a moment to search for these clubs on Google and Facebook in your city.

Check **Meetup.com for more events in your locality**

8. Conferences :bookmark_tabs:

Tech, Entrepreneurship Events and Conferences

Id Name Place Travel Reimbursement Timeline Deadline Type  
1 PyCon US-Python Conference USA USA NO May1 May9 Python  
2 ODSC GLOBAL NO Aug30 Sep2 AI  
3 World Business Dialogue GLOBAL Yes Feb18 Feb22 Business  
4 Business Today Conference New York Yes Nov18 Nov20 Business  
5 Asia Pacific Week Australia Partial June24 June29 -  
6 DotJS France - Nov9 Nov9 JS  
7 PyCon France - October4 October7 Python  
8 React Europe France - May 21 - 24 - JS  
9 Dublin Web Summit Dublin No Nov 5 Nov 8 Web  
10 Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations Malaysia Yes Aug 16 Aug 20 -  
11 Grace Hopper Conference and Fellowship USA Yes Nov 14 Nov 16 -  
12 MIT Global Startup Workshop USA - March 26 March 28 -  
13 Thiel Summit USA - - - -  
14 Stanford E-Bootcamp USA - - - -  
15 Clinton Global Initiative University USA - March to Oct (varies every year) 3 days -  
16 South American Business Forum Argentina Partial Aug 3 Aug 5 Business  
17 Capital One Summit for Developing Leaders Virginia Yes Jan 6 Jan 11 -  
18 KPMG Future Diversity Leaders California Yes Summer - -  
19 Microsoft Tech Summit Global No - - -  
20 Tech in Asia Bangalore India - - - -  
21 SURGE India - Nov - - -
22 Amazon Web Services Global Summit 2017 India No Differs with area Check the website -  
23 TechCrunch Disrupt USA No Sep 5 Sep 7 -  
24 Tie Global Summit New Delhi, India No Nov 29 Nov 30 -  
25 Pioneer Application Global Yes - - -  
26 Student Leadership conference USA Yes Aug 31 Aug 31 -  
27 Hackference India India No Nov Mid Dec -  
28 JAMstack conf USA No Oct 29 - 30 Oct 29 -  
29 Blend Web Mix France - Oct 24 - 25 Web    
30 JS Mobile Conf USA - Oct 25 - 26 - JS  
31 CascadiaJS USA - Nov 15 - 16 - JS  
32 The Rich Web Experience USA - Dec 2 - 5 - -  
33 JS Kongress Munich - March 11 - 12 - JS  
34 JSConf US USA - Aug 21 - 23 - JS  
35 Fluent USA - Jun 11 - 14 - -  
36 dotJS France - Nov 9 - JS  
37 ViewSource London - Oct 26 - Web  
38 SmashingConf NY USA No Oct 23 Oct 24 -  
39 Hackference India India No Nov Mid Dec -  
40 Midwest JS USA - Aug 8 - 10 - JS  
41 HolyJS Moscow - Nov 24 - 25 - JS  
42 SIGGRAPH Global - Jul 29 - Aug 1 - -  
43 SIGGRAPH Asia Tokyo - Dec 4 - 7 - -  
44 TechTO Toronto - Reoccurring monthly - Business  
45 Developers Conference Mauritius[MSCC] Mauritius Yes 11-13 April May Software  
45 Bits & Pretzels no Munich, Germany September 29 - October 1 - Entrepreneurship  
46 GDG DevFest London no London, United Kingdom December 1 - Technology  
47 dotGo Europe No March Varies Go  

9. Top People to Follow

Id Name Category
1 Aaron Gable Google Chrome Developer (BR)
2 Addy Osmani Web & Chrome
3 Andrew NG AI & ML
4 Benjamin Pasero Software engineer at Microsoft, VS Code Developer
5 Brad Traversy Web Developer, Programmer
6 Daniel Shiffman Programmer / Former project lead with the Processing Foundation
7 Evan You Creator of Vue.js
8 Giovanni Bassi MVP Microsoft BR
9 Guido van Rossum Python Creator
10 Isaac Schlueter npm Creator
11 Jake Vanderplas Python Data Science
12 Jen Simmons CSS expert, creator of Firefox Grid Inspector.
13 John Resig Creator of jQuery
14 Joy Buolamwini Artificial intelligence, Algorithmic Justice League
15 Kyle Simpson Author of YDKJS
16 Leonardo Maldonado Top 2 developerTrending (BR)
17 Linus Torvalds Linux Founder
18 Martin Fowler Software developer
19 Mike Cohn Scrum and Agile advocate, one of the founders of the Scrum Alliance, owner of Mountain Goat Software.
20 Mohamed Said Works with Taylor Otwell on Laravel
21 Paul Graham Startup Expert, Founder of Y-Combinator
22 Quincy Larson Teacher that started free code camp
23 Rebecca Parsons Parallel and distributed computation, programming languages, domain specific languages, evolutionary architecture, genetic algorithms, and computational science
24 Richard Stallman Founder of the GNU Project
25 Ryan Dahl Inventor of Node.js
26 Sandi Metz Software developer and author focused on writing flexible object-oriented code
27 Siraj Raval AI & ML
28 Tarry Singh AI & ML
29 Taylor Otwell Creator of Laravel
30 Uncle Bob Martin Software developer
31 Valentin Shergin React Native Developer
32 Valeri Karpov MEAN stack expert
33 Vaughn Vernon Domain Driven Design expert
34 Victor Savkin Angular Developer
35 Vincent Boucher AI & ML
36 Yann LeCun VP & Chief AI Scientist at Facebook
37 Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby Creator

10. Top Websites to Follow

  1. Data Science
  2. Startup News and Stories

11. Additional Links

  1. Top 10 Startup Incubator in India - Startup
  2. The first 20 hours – how to learn anything - Learning
  3. Are you Introvert? Watch this - Power of Introverts - Self Introspection
  4. 30 International Scholarships offered by the World’s Top Universities - Scholarships
  5. 30 Famous Books that You Will Regret Not Reading! - Reading
  6. Startup Ideas By Y Combinator - Startup
  7. Epicodus Coding Bootcamp Full Curriculum - Learning
  8. 5 most common misconceptions about studying abroad among Indians Study Abroad
  9. App Academy - Full Stack Coding Bootcamp, Free Curriculum
  10. Path to a free self-taught education in Computer Science - Learning
  11. Free Women-Only Mentorship Program - Learning

12. Coding Bootcamps

  1. Lambda School
  2. SpringBoard

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