I'm still in college so I don't have a ton to look back on, but I am very grateful that hackNY took a chance on me last summer. I certainly wasn't as qualified as many of the fellows and the program changed the direction I plan to take my life over the next few years. I was a Bioengineering Major dabbling in programming and now I'm goingfull-steam-ahead with CS and couldn't be more excited for where programming will take me over the next few years. I now know someone at dozens of cool companies and I got a chance to meet some industry legends, all because whoever read my application thought an Android app or two was enough experience to write production code for pay at an incredible startup (SecondMarket). Best summer of my life and only good things ahead, thanks hackNY.