Hey, Thomas here! As of writing this I am 19.81 years old. I joined Hack Club when I was 17 years old.
Over the past couple years, I made some decisions that will forever alter the course of my life! One of which was deciding to start a Hack Club at my high school in South Carolina... another was deciding to leave the country for the first time to go to my first in-person hackathon, and another being deciding to work at Hack Club for a year with my best friend (Dieter) instead of going to university.
On this page, you’ll get to hear about each one of these (& many more) adventures & decisions that I took over the past couple years. You’ll learn a bit about me, a bit about Hack Club, and a bit about what it’s like to take a gap year!
I’m now a Hack Club alum (I no longer work) at Hack Club. I’ll still check the Slack from time to time & you’re always welcome to reach out @thomas. I am grateful for all that Hack Club has offered me over the past couple years, and I am proud of the work I did to help Hack Clubbers discover the joy of building projects with their friends.
My Journey:
- How I discovered Hack Club
- How I started my Hack Club
- Flying to India for Epoch
- South Carolina’s First HS Hackathon
- Why Clubs Directory Failed
- Driving to Angel Hacks after Graduation
- Moving to VT for Gap Year + Hyde St
- Hack Club Jams - first big project
- Pizza Grant - first partnership
- Club Mail - Reaching CS Teachers
- Taking over operations - more responsibility
- Summit - much more responsibility
- Trail - the hardest thing I’ve ever done
- Friends - what lasts after the gap year...
- Side Projects - weekend ships