Inspiration
we want to link students and companies to charities that have a missing skill set - giving students their first experience so that they can progress in their career - we want to create a social impact
What it does
connects students with limited experience to charities that have a problem. there is also an opportunity for mentorship by a company
How we built it
vscode, python, googleaistudio,copilot,claude
Challenges we ran into
designing an API using google ai studio and navigating github as we were all new to the software. overall it was a rewarding experience
Accomplishments that we're proud of
incorporating tiger data and our api, learning how to use vs code
What we learned
This was the first hackathon for all members of our team, so we gained a basic understanding of the process that goes into making a website such as setting up the domain, merging different files and incorporating APIs into our code. Learning how to navigate github was also a challenge for a couple of us as we were completely new to it, but it was a rewarding experience which gave us valuable skills in the realm of programming. On the non coding side of it all we also had to learn how to work effectively as a team, making sure we all understood what our tasks were and that we were all on the same page about the project’s purpose.
What's next for Skill Issue
Feedback loop: takes the feedback from previous projects from the charity and supplies it to the student so they can grow and i:@:@prove on their skills, as well as have a direct source to reference for their cv. Website cohesion: if we had had more time, we would have taken steps such as automating the verification process and improving the website yellow and colour scheme in order to maximise user experience.
