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Problem, yeah. you know, youll feel much more pressure. you feel the world closing in on you, but well be able to finish in time. >> these kids have been staring at computer screens for 24 hours, and theyre starting to develop some interesting projects. >> did you just come up with this idea here? >> yeah. >> seriously? >> yep. >> im blown away, and i just cant believe that at all hours of the day and night, these kids are here working. >> theres something about the supportive environment and th...

So what you saw is that people would come to these, like, one or two or three big hackathons, and then go back to their schools and say "we need to throw this here," so this whole thing has blown up and gotten much more popular, and youll have, like, 10,000 students apply for something like cal hacks. >> the hackathon movement is also helping to address the gender gap in the tech world. >> definitely when i started going to hackathons, i was very much in the minority. >> how does it feel to be o...