<div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_6876373551505530506mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_6876373551505530506mcnTextContent" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h1 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:28px;line-height:42px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><strong>So, What is it Actually like to Participate in a Hackathon?</strong><br></font></h1><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><font face="arial, sans-serif">You may have heard about this thing called a "Hackathon."</font></strong></span></p><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nanog.org/stories/nanog-hackathons/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,111,255)">The weekend-long event</a> that provides for epic networking, as fellow engineers from all over the world get together and share their passion for hacking; while having serious fun.</font></span></p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong><font face="arial, sans-serif">You are intrigued.</font></strong></span><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Yet, you are still on the fence. We get it, your time is valuable and who wants to get stuck committing to a weekend-long brain-drainer? That is why we have done the dirty work for you.</font></span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>We asked a Hackathon alumni to share his experience. Check out our Q + A with<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>Google Cloud TSE,<strong> <a href="https://www.nanog.org/stories/so-what-is-it-actually-like-to-participate-in-a-hackathon/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,111,255);font-weight:normal">Akshay Broota.</a></strong></span><br> <br><a href="https://www.nanog.org/stories/so-what-is-it-actually-like-to-participate-in-a-hackathon/">READ NOW </a><br><br></font><h1 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:28px;line-height:42px"><strong><font face="arial, sans-serif">📢<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>ATTN:<br>Mentors, Mentees and Future Students</font></strong></h1><font face="arial, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:22px">We Need Your Voice!</span></strong><br><br></font><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Feedback from our community is vital to NANOG's success. If you have been thinking about becoming, or in need of a mentor, and/or taking an education course at NANOG, we need your voice! </font></span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br><br><span style="font-size:14px">✏️ </span><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Please fill out the below surveys and help us best serve your needs. </strong><br><br><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/nanog-mentorship-survey" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,111,255)">➕<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/nanog-mentorship-survey" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,111,255)">Mentorship Feedback Survey </a><br><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/nanog-mentee-survey" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,111,255)">➕ Mentee Feedback Survey</a><br><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/nanog-education-survey" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,111,255)">➕<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></a><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/nanog-education-survey" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,111,255)">Course Developement Survey </a><br></span><br><br></font><h1 style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:28px;line-height:42px"><strong><font face="arial, sans-serif">Community Forum is Now in Public Beta<br><span style="font-size:16px">Please take a look!<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>👀</font></strong></h1><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Getting Started with the NANOG Community</strong><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Forum</strong><br>To access the Community Forum you must first have a user account on the <a href="https://www.nanog.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,111,255)">NANOG website</a>. You cannot create an account directly on the community forum website. The main NANOG website is OAuth 2 authority.</span><br> <br><a href="https://www.nanog.org/help/community-forum/">GET STARTED </a></font></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table borde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