​​everyone reading this is trying to balance working on their ideas with school.

​Join us at BASES Hacker Hours with Microsoft and Hackspace, a dedicated space for you to make progress on your ideas!

​📅 When & Where:

• ​Date: Friday, November 15, 2024

• ​Time: Arrive between 4:15-4:30 PM (hard start at 4:40 PM), ends at 7:00 PM

• ​Location: Lathrop 282

​What’s This About?

​Hackspace is a place for driven individuals to hold each other accountable and make meaningful progress on projects they're passionate about—whether it's coding an app, CAD modeling, training machine learning models, or something entirely different. Just one rule: No school work or job tasks allowed!

​At the end of the session, we’ll have optional 2-minute demos for anyone who wants to showcase what they’ve worked on. It’s a low-pressure chance to share your progress and get feedback from a supportive community.

​Special Guest: Bardia Beigi from Microsoft

​Get the chance to meet and chat with Bardia Beigi, a Senior Applied Scientist on the Generative AI on Azure AI Language Team. Bardia is a Stanford alum who has interned at top companies like Uber, Intel, and Broadcom before joining Microsoft. Sign up to connect with Bardia and get insights from his experience in software, hardware, and generative AI!

​What You’ll Get:

• ​👩‍🏫 Access to seasoned mentors who can guide your project development

• ​🤝 Collaboration opportunities with other builders

• ​🍽️ Free dinner to keep you energized!

• ​💡 A space to bring your ideas to life in a focused environment

​What to Expect:

• ​Build: Dive into your project without distractions.

• ​Share: Show others what you’re working on, get feedback, and iterate.

• ​Inspire: Regain your creativity and childlike drive for building and sharing with friends.

• ​Connect: This isn’t about networking—it's about authentic connections and building things together.

​House Rules:

• ​PLEASE DO NOT WORK ON SCHOOL OR JOB ASSIGNMENTS! If you don't know what to work on, I'm sure we can help you find something

• ​​​​​​Act like a host, include ppl in conversations, talk to ppl even if they're strangers, offer to help out and clean up

• ​​​​Please do not to turn this into a networking event...

  • ​​​​the best world is one where we know you for who you are & the stuff you tinker on

​Don't miss out on this opportunity to create something epic. See you there! 💻🔥