Steven Yang

So this past weekend, I went to SBHacks, a hackathon that was held at UCSB. It’s been years since I’ve been in that area. I used to go pretty frequently back in my late teens. Going back and seeing all the old places I used to frequent with my buddies gave me a pretty big nostalgia bomb. The city itself doesn’t look it changed too much since the last time I went there. That is definitely not a bad thing.

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So tomorrow I’ll be going to SBHacks, a hackathon at Santa Barbara. It’s been years since I’ve been to Santa Barbara. I had some of my best memories there when I was younger. Now, years later, I’m going back to make more memories. These dev events I’ve been going to lately have been great! Not only are they fun, but I end up learning a ton at each one I go to. The last few days, I’ve been preparing by getting my feet wet with different dev stacks including Parse and Nodejs.

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So this past weekend, I attended the Global Gamejam hosted at UCI. It was incredibly fun! It was great working with people who all shared the same interest in making games. Everyone had their own ideas to contribute and by the end of it, we were able to come up with something pretty great. It was a lot of work making the game, but it didn’t feel like work. I’m going to continue going to these events because the insights I’ve gained have been invaluble. However, theres a huge concern I have for attending these things - my health.

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