Major League Hacking
 Major League Hacking's Official Logo | |
| Abbreviation | MLH |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founder | Mike Swift, Jonathan Gottfried |
| Type | B-Corporation |
| Legal status | Active |
| Purpose | Major League Hacking’s mission is to empower hackers. |
| Headquarters | Manhattan, New York City, United States |
Region | United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, Oceania |
Key people | Mike Swift, Jonathan Gottfried, Nick Quinlan |
| Website | mlh |
Major League Hacking, officially abbreviated as MLH, is an over 500,000 member global community empowering[clarification needed] the next generation of developers to learn through hackathons and the Open Source Fellowship.[1]
Founded in 2013 by former developer evangelists Mike Swift (formerly of SendGrid) and Jonathan Gottfried (formerly of Twilio), Major League Hacking initially provided support for student-run university hackathons in North America before operating a league of student hackathons.[2] In April 2014, Major League Hacking announced their first international expansion into United Kingdom and later Mexico and Europe in August 2014 and January 2015 respectively.[3][4][5]
In March 2016, MLH became a Certified B-Corporation.[6]
League history[edit]
| Season | Region | Start Date | End Date | Events | Countries | Season Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2013 | North America | 6 September 2013 | 13 October 2013 | 5 | 1 | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Spring 2014 | North America | 17 January 2014 | 27 July 2014 | 38 | 2 | N/A |
| Fall 2014 | North America | 30 August 2014 | 6 December 2014 | 36 | 2 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Fall 2014 | Europe | 4 October 2014 | 7 December 2014 | 10 | 1 | University of Manchester |
| Spring 2015 | North America | 10 January 2015 | 16 August 2015 | 60 | 3 | University of Waterloo |
| Spring 2015 | Europe | 7 February 2015 | 28 June 2015 | 18 | 7 | King's College London |
| Fall 2015 | North America | 7 August 2015 | 29 November 2015 | 52 | 3 | Rutgers University |
| Fall 2015 | Europe | 2 October 2015 | 20 December 2015 | 14 | 6 | University of Manchester |
| Spring 2016 | North America | 15 January 2016 | 29 May 2016 | 91 | 3 | University of Waterloo |
| Spring 2016 | Europe | 30 January 2016 | 15 May 2016 | 25 | 8 | University of Edinburgh |
| 2017 | North America | 27 August 2016 | - | 163 | 3 | Georgia Institute of Technology[7][8] |
| 2017 | Europe | 7 October 2016 | - | 36 | 10 | University of Manchester |
| 2019 | North America | August 2018 | July 2019 | 185 | 3 | University of Toronto[9] |
Structure[edit]
Major League Hacking works with independently run university hackathons and provides them with various benefits such as the MLH Hardware Lab, Code of Conduct, eligibility for Season Rankings and Event Support.[10] At the end of every season, it formulates a winner of the League based on participation and prizes and organizes an awards ceremony at their school where the MLH Hacker Cup is provided to the school.
Typically, there would be two hackathon seasons per region per year: Fall and Spring. The Fall Season would be between late August and early December and The Spring Season would be between early January and mid May.[11] In August 2016, Major League Hacking announced it would instead have a single, year-long season beginning late August and ending in mid May to be more aligned with the academic year.
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Reach Early Career Developers". Major League Hacking. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ↑ "The Official 2014 Spring Season Hackathon Schedule". Major League Hacking. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ↑ "MLH is Coming to the United Kingdom". Major League Hacking News. 2014-04-04. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ↑ "Mexican Hackathons Come to MLH: La Liga Mexicana de Hackatones". Major League Hacking News. 2014-08-25. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ↑ "MLH Comes to Europe for Spring 2015". Major League Hacking News. 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ↑ "Major League Hacking (MLH) | B Corporation". www.bcorporation.net. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ↑ "Georgia Institute of Technology Wins the 2017 MLH North American Hackathon Season". Major League Hacking News. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ↑ "We Can Hack That: Georgia Tech Takes First Place in Hackathon Competition | College of Computing". www.cc.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ↑ "University of Toronto Wins the Official 2019 North America MLH Hackathon Season". Major League Hacking News. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ↑ "Become a MLH Member Event". Major League Hacking. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ↑ "The Official 2014 Fall Season Hackathon Schedule". Major League Hacking.
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