Masters of Code Hackathon Montreal

Recently the Masters of Code hackathon series hit Montreal and almost 120 coders, MasterCard staff, mentors and sponsors gathered for 24 hours of extreme coding. With a kickoff from MasterCard Canada’s President Brian Lang and prize presentations from Mung Ki Woo, Executive Vice President, Digital Products and Solutions at MasterCard, the event showed developers in Montreal just what it takes to win a MasterCard hackathon.

The Montreal edition of Masters of Code was part of the company’s ongoing outreach to developers and of its commitment to helping today’s tech innovators create tomorrow’s best technology. MasterCard worked with a number of local incubators, schools and their lead sponsor, National Bank of Canada, to get the word out to developers across the city. By the time Masters of Code started on Saturday morning the event was almost completely sold out.

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Masters of Code takes over Montreal this weekend

The search for the next big tech innovation is coming to Montreal this weekend. The MasterCard Masters of Code global developer competition will give Canadian coders the opportunity to bring their ideas to life by partnering with MasterCard and a chance at the global grand prize of USD$100,000. MasterCard’s Masters of Code competition will challenge Canada’s best developers to create an application that makes it easier for people to learn, travel, commute, shop or pay for everyday items.

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