One of These Hackathons Is Not Like the Others: Women-VetsinTech Hackathon @ Facebook
Facebook hosts hackathons at its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on a regular basis, but a hackathon held there Monday had a different look to it, as all of the 30 or so participants were female.
Facebook hosts hackathons at its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on a regular basis, but a hackathon held there Monday had a different look to it, as all of the 30 or so participants were female.
The first-ever Women-VetsinTech Hackathon @ Facebook, co-hosted by Vets in Tech and craigslist and craigconnects Founder Craig Newmark, featured female veterans, and clinical psychologist Kristi Erickson won top honors for her proposal for Bohdi, a company to create an application and virtual-reality simulator to provide anxiety treatment for veterans, TechCrunch reported.
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