We're a nonprofit organization composed of students passionate about fostering a culture of hacking, entrepreneurship, and social good via the empowerment of technology.
Our annual hackathon, one of the largest hackathons in the world, is where the technology of the future is born. We also run a few other exciting initiatives like Cubstart Decal and Fellowship to further our impact on creative students at Berkeley and beyond.
Our mission is to empower others with technology to create solutions to better the world, and we hope you can be a part of it!
Join the Cal Hacks Director team this spring and help us in welcoming back the world’s largest collegiate hackathon to Berkeley! We’re a small, tight-knit team of undergrads across English, statistics, cognitive science, business, and other majors — of course, including computer science and data science — and we’d love to have you join us this semester!
There are no hard requirements to apply: you don’t need to come from a certain major or have attended lots of hackathons before. Creating a 2500+ person hackathon and planning events, in general, take all different kinds of work, and it can only be done with a diverse mix of team members who are driven with a common goal.
Please read on to see the teams that we’re recruiting for this semester, and we look forward to meeting you soon!
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We’re recruiting passionate directors across a variety of teams — and more! Cal Hacks directors usually work across a few different teams. Highlighted teams are ones that we’ll be recruiting the most for this semester, but we look for talent across all teams overall!
<aside> 💵 Sponsorship
You’ll be raising the funding towards a huge budget that makes Cal Hacks possible. Represent Cal Hacks when reaching out to sponsors, partners, and other external contributors of our organization — you’re core to what we can do!
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<aside> 🎨 Design
You’ll be crafting the visual presence of Cal Hacks — everything from swag to the newest edition of our endearing mascot ddoski! You’ll be collaborating with marketing to create graphic designs and tech to design the UI/UX of our native application & judging portals.
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<aside> ⌨️ Tech
We depend on a lot of software infrastructure for our programs. You’ll be creating new software services that makes things easier across other teams, as well as maintaining existing code bases like websites, application portals, and internal dashboards.
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<aside> 📣 Marketing
Be the voice of Cal Hacks on and off campus! You’ll be presenting the exciting programs that we run to our audiences through emails, flyers, social media presence, and in-person events.
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<aside> 📦 Logistics
You’ll be working with a lot of players that makes Cal Hacks happen: students, volunteers, judges, mentors, and more! Be the bridge that connects all the moving parts of our events.
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<aside> 🧸 Cubstart
You’ll be on the team that runs Cubstart, a full-stack/mobile development course for beginner developers run by Cal Hacks. Help build the curriculum that encourages more students to build unique projects from start to finish!
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<aside> 💸 Finances
As one of the most powerful members on the team, you’ll be managing our annual operating budget, and make sure that we’re putting our funding towards the right causes.
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<aside> 💖 Diversity
Our goal is to empower everyone with technology. Our diversity team makes sure that our programs are inclusive and accessible to all!
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<aside> 💡 Bring your own initiative!
Got an idea that we can help with? Come pitch us! We’re always looking for ways to better the hacker culture on campus, and we’re excited to hear what you have in mind.
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<aside> 👉 What can I get out of Cal Hacks?
Cal Hacks directors all operate with a ton of autonomy, so it’s a perfect opportunity to further your leadership skills! Plus, we also have a ton of cool director swag & socials ;)
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<aside> 👉 Do I need to be a CS/DS major to apply?
Nope! All majors/backgrounds welcome. Our current director team spans across CS, DS, English, statistics, cognitive science, business, and other majors, and we’re more than happy to grow this list.
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<aside> 👉 Do I need to have attended Cal Hacks or other hackathons to apply?
Nope! Especially during COVID, we understand that not a lot of people have experiences attending events like Cal Hacks, so we’re open to everyone who is passionate about building the future of hackathons. Having attended or organized events is still a plus, but never a requirement.
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<aside> 👉 Will Cal Hacks 9.0 be an in-person event?
Cal Hacks 9.0 will be fully in-person at UC Berkeley!
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<aside> 👉 What does Cal Hacks do aside from its annual event?
We run experimental initiatives like Cubstart, Fellowship, and more during the spring.
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<aside> 👉 What is the time commitment as a Cal Hacks director?
You’ll likely be spending 6-8 hours a week on Cal Hacks related work, including our weekly all hands. But a lot of us are very close and spends a lot of time studying or socializing together as well!
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<aside> 👉 What is your library of choice during dead week?
Moffitt 😢 But sometimes we go to Kresge as well. Maybe… Napa too?
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<aside> 👋 Got more questions?
Feel free to email [email protected] and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible! You can also chat with our directors through our virtual/in-person tabling events and infosession.
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