Here are a few assumptions about participants in the 2024 SAS Hackathon Student-Only Tracks:
- You’re (somewhat) new to SAS
- You’re still learning SAS Viya
- You’re naturally inquisitive and looking to learn something (besides just showing off your awesome Hackin skills)
If that sounds about right, then great – we pegged you perfectly for our Student-Only Competition (and if you’re still confused about the Student Track in the 2024 SAS Hackathon, details are here). By providing you with data and a use case in a low/no-code environment – we’re hoping that you can spend more time focused on the analyses and storytelling, rather than debugging code. Additionally these tracks don't require mentors - because the data and use cases are provided - students can start Hacking right away on September 16th.
With all that newness to SAS, you likely have a LOT to learn. But have no fear, we are here to support you with resources! As a starting point, please refer to the suggested Learning Resources in the Appendix in each of the use-cases. No, seriously – if you are new to SAS – please start there before you try to start solving your use-case. And, as a reminder, the use-cases + data can be found in GitHub repositories here:
- Option 1 | Data for Good | Climate Change + Vulnerable Populations
- Option 2 | Ethical Data Analysis | Graduate School Admission
Beyond those resources, please use the chat below to ask questions to get support from our wonderful community of SAS users. Now they won’t always provide you with the exact answers – because it’s a learning experience after all. But… I’m hopeful that someone can point you quickly to one of our many great learning resources. Moreover, you can support each other in this month-long Hack by responding directly to other’s questions… because there’s nothing like showing a little sportsmanship in any competition (and then crushing those other teams).
Finally, know that we’re consciously creating one Student Track Support page for the two tracks. Why? Because I suspect that there will be a fair amount of overlap in the initial questions on where to learn more. And, as the questions get a bit more technical in nature, I’m hopeful that you can still learn a thing or two about the work in the other track. Finally, you all have the same output – video submissions to your Team page – so there is likely to be some overlap in those questions too. In other words, please help support each other in your joint quest below. But… save some of the really good stuff for your submission 😊
Happy Hacking!
