Welcome to Hack the Hood: Hustle!

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Welcome to the resource hub for Hack the Hood’s Hustle Summer 2025 program. We will be posting announcements, lecture slides, reminders, and additional resources here. This website will be updated on a weekly basis. Please note that all times are in Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Lectures: Mondays (10:00 am - 1:30pm) and Thursdays (10:00 am - 12:30 pm)

Instructors: Alexia Camacho (alexia@hackthehood.org) & Jazz Dortch (jasmine@hackthehood.org) TA: Elliott Sisk (elliott@hackthehood.org)


Week 3 Announcements

Tiger Teams

Tiger Team Color Day/ Time
Red Tuesdays 10am-12pm
Blue Tuesdays 1pm-3pm
Purple Tuesdays 4pm-6pm
Yellow Wednesdays 10am-12pm
Green Wednesdays 1pm-3pm
Orange Wednesdays 4pm-6pm

Schedule

Week 1

Date Description Resources
Mon 6/9: LECTURE Launch Day Learning Lab Slides: Cohort Logistics and Setup
Tues 6/10 or Wed 6/11: TIGER TEAM Meet Your Tiger Team and Environment Setup TT Slides, Lab 1: VSCode and Python
Thurs 6/12: LECTURE Identity Development Workshop + Using Tech for Social Justice Tech for Social Justice, Tech Topics Discussion Questions, The Stages of SDLC

Week 2

Date Description Resources
Mon 6/16: LECTURE Getting Started with Python: Variables and Data Types, Intro to Lists/ Dictionaries Lecture Slides , Rejecting the Binary
Tues 6/17 or Wed 6/18: TIGER TEAM Initial Python Practice + Intro to Pseudocode TT Slides
Thurs 6/19: NO LECTURE Juneteenth Holiday

Week 3

Date Description Resources
Mon 6/23: LECTURE Tech Industry 101, Data Structures Lecture Slides, Tech 101 Slides
Tues 6/24 or Wed 6/25: TIGER TEAMReview + Practice with List Functions TT Slides, List Assignment Doc, (Optional) More Dictionary Practice
Thurs 6/26: LECTURE Career Exposure Panel + Community Building, Mad Libs: User Input Practice User Input/ Mad Libs Slides, Mad Libs Colab

Week 4

Date Description Resources
Mon 6/30: LECTURE Social Entrepreneurship and Tech, Digital Cookie Crumbs, Python Operators and Conditionals, Python Iteration and Functions Slides, Learning Lab: Python Review & Practice, Kahoot
Tues 7/1 or Wed 7/2: TIGER TEAM Mid-Synchronous Check-Ins, The Terminal Checklist Slides
Thurs 7/3: LECTURE Identity Development Workshop + Community Building, Introducing Other Resources: Py.CheckIO Slides

Week 5

Date Description Resources
Mon 7/7: LECTURE Kahoot Review: Pseudocode, Examining ChatGPT and Understanding Large Language Models, Programming Errors Slides, Learning Lab: Error Review and Practice, Kahoot
Tues 7/8 or Wed 7/9: TIGER TEAM Code Error Clinic Slides
Thurs 7/10: LECTURE Resume Building Workshop + Community Building, Misinformation Identification Slides

Week 6

Date Description Resources
Mon 7/14: LECTURE Watched but Unseen, Object Oriented Programming (OOP) Slides, Learning Lab: Superhero Battle Simulator
Tues 7/15 or Wed 7/16: TIGER TEAM Python Party Invitations (OOP) Slides
Thurs 7/17: LECTURE Linkedin Profile Workshop + Community Building, Ensuring Code Quality Slides

Week 7

Date Description Resources
Mon 7/21: LECTURE Kahoot Ice Breaker, Data Driven Social Change, Understanding the Command Line Slides, Learning Lab: CLI Flash Cards
Tues 7/22 or Wed 7/23: TIGER TEAM Python Guessing Game Slides
Thurs 7/24: LECTURE Identity Development Workshop + Community Building, Kahoot Python Review Slides

Week 8

Date Description Resources
Mon 7/28: LECTURE Pre-Async Check Ins Learning Lab: Missing Work/ Additional Help
Tues 7/29 or Wed 7/30: TIGER TEAM Check Ins + Missing Activities
Thurs 7/31: NO LECTURE Field Trip

Weeks 9-12

Date Description Resources
8/1 - 8/28 NO LECTURE Asynchronous, Final Project TBD
Fri 8/29: GRADUATION Congratulations! We are so proud of you!