Overall views on MLH 🧩  &  Developer Student Community, with aminos 
Tags: mlh, localhackday
Published: 2021-04-01 08:20:23

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# What is Local Hack Day?

**Local Hack Day** is a week-long hackathon that takes place annually. Local Hack Day is taking place for the last 8 years(except 2020). It is recognized all over the world. 
It comprises of daily and weekly events. The complexity of challenges varies and therefore, the candidate attending the event and can do the task according to their own knowledge.

MLH—with its organized, self-appointed set of leadership—was what first brought the collegiate hackathon community together back in 2013. But that label has since been taken over by the self-governed Hackathon Hacker community, which is somewhat less exclusive.

Nowadays, I would say that MLH's main value is the role the organization plays in how hackathons are perceived outside of the community. For example:

The recent MLH livestream at PennApps and MHacks that was featured on Twitch.
Being #1 in the MLH ranking helps convince school administrators that hackathons are valuable and worthwhile.
A blog of professionally taken and well-written articles featuring hackers and hackathons.
Their copywriting emphasizes learning and creating, avoiding the negative connotations of "hacking" as much as possible.
Sponsorship by several well-known tech companies that help increase the legitimacy of hackathons.
They are going international.


### What is LHD: Share?
Local Hackday Share or LHD: Share is a 3rd part of the local hackday(LHD). Local Hack Day: Share is a week-long celebration of sharing everything you’ve learned as a hacker. If you’ve been hacking with us all year, we’re excited to have you back. If this is your very first event, we’ve got a ton of beginner-friendly challenges for you to complete that’ll have you shipping your hack like a pro in no time. You’ll have your pick of technical, design, and social challenges to complete - each with an emphasis on sharing your work. The more challenges you conquer, the more points you’ll earn. Tune in each day to check out the leaderboards and share what you’ve built.

### What you Earn?

I earns the knowledge of hackathon, oganisation, explore developing tools & interact with lots of people.
From my perspection, its the best platfrom to lookover the real-time problems, & learn how to coope-up with it.

As beginner, I commits in MLH from March 28 to April 05. At first day, I get approx 58th rank, but the challenge is very beginner-friendly & makes me cuddled. I work hard for the top 30, & finally achieve it, on 2nd day.
Its Day 4 and I would love to tell you that I experienced at least 20-30 new technologies powered to MLH, & still on the Leaderboard ups-n-down between 15 to 25 rank.

Thanks to MLH & Community! 
Hence, **Learn before you Earn.** 

### What are the Features of Local Hack Day?

- It’s compatible with a range of people.
- They have leaderboard updates every single day, to return the enthusiasm to everyone.
- It has guilds (group) formed from the whole community. And this guild helps every member of the guild to improve.

### Why I Like to Attend LHD: Share?

I like to a part of Local Hackday due to these following reason:-
- I like the community it has.
- There is a lot of fun in doing that.
- Fun is a big part of local hackday.
- There is a very collaborative and encouraging environment.
- MLH always try to empower other hackers and give them lot of opportunities.
- It values fun and learning new things than being a competitive environment.
- They also value sleep.

Really looking forward to that and big shout-out to the MLH mentors who manage these hackathons in a really professional and fun way and give chance to beginners as well as experienced programmers all around the world. I haven't attended in person Hackathon yet because my first Hackathon happened in the pandemic and it might take an year more for this to happen I guess but I'm loving Hackathons and the community already!

Don't fear to attend hackathons even if you're a beginner, you learn, network and grow your skills here.

Thank you for reading :)