Recently, I was accepted into attending a hackathon. I have never been to any hackathon before, and I feel a little anxious. I feel that it's all about competition, and instead of me learning and programming new things, I will rather be undermined by others who are smarter than me. I feel that people will criticize my ideas because they see me as a rookie in programming. How can I forget about the competition aspect, and focus on improving my own programming skills?
Go home after the hackathon, forget about everyone else who was there, and ask yourself, "Okay, what have I learned?" Then do this at a few hackathons.<p>The goal is to cultivate a mindset where you're comfortable engaging with the outside world and taking feedback from it, but that feedback does not define you.