These Are the Winners of This Year's Vienna Apprenticeship Hackathon

Applications for first aid, support with insurance questions, and a sustainability tracker for everyday life - with these exciting and well-implemented ideas, the winners at this year's Vienna Apprenticeship Hackathon, which were announced this Monday at WIFI Vienna, impressed. The programming competition for aspiring professionals from Viennese companies has been organized by the Vienna Chamber of Commerce for five years and is implemented in cooperation with the eduTech company apprentigo.

Chamber of Commerce President: Digital Skills are Basic Requirements

The Apprenticeship Hackathon is intended to give apprentices the opportunity to actively try their hand at designing with digital tools. At the same time, the competition is also intended to promote the IT competence of apprentices, emphasizes Walter Ruck, President of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce: "Dozens of apprenticeships have been redesigned in recent years and expanded to include digital competencies. Digital skills are now among the most important future competencies in all professional fields and are therefore also a basic requirement for any apprenticeship. The participants in the Apprenticeship Hackathon have proven that they are well-positioned in this area. What they have shown here should also spark curiosity in digital design among other apprentices and motivate them to expand their own IT skills."

67 Viennese Apprentices Developed Apps Under Time Pressure

25 teams with a total of 67 apprentices from 17 Viennese companies took on the challenge this year to not only come up with the idea of a useful app within a day but also to program its basic framework and present the result in a short video at the end. The evaluation was done in three categories according to the coding expertise of the teams.

These are This Year's Winners

The winners of the Rookies category also received the "Community Star" award for the most likes collected for their app. The "Newcomer Star" went to Tele Haase Steuergeräte GmbH, who participated in the apprentice hackathon for the first time this year.

What is the Apprentice Hackathon?

The Apprentice Hackathon is a programming competition for young talents from Viennese companies. The task is to create the basic framework for an app within one day that provides added value for the company, the region, or society, or is designed for apprentices. Work is done in teams, and evaluation is based on the programming knowledge of the participants: Rookies (no prior knowledge), Professionals (some prior knowledge), Experts (programming experience from an IT apprenticeship). Apprentices from all professions can participate - the only requirement is an interest in digital design. To ensure equal conditions for all, all teams use the same technical tools.

And now?

The winners and runners-up of each category will represent Vienna at the National Apprentice Hackathon, which takes place between October 20 and 23. There, the teams can further refine their award-winning apps. The winners will then be presented at the WKÖ Coding Day on November 18.

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