Meet the person who offered a comfy bed for 'scrappy' hackers during ETHDenver
Thousands of developers, hackers, and crypto and blockchain enthusiasts descended upon Denver, Colorado in the United States for the ETHDenver conference from Feb. 24 to Mar. 5.
With accommodation a limited resource in the Colorado capital city, many opted to seek refuge from the crowds and tight quarters at "hacker houses" — where sleep is optional and networking is the goal.
Jessy, the name behind one such house — Jessy’s Hacker House — organized four "hacker houses" that hosted 50 participants from the ETHDenver conference and BUIDLWeek — a series of workshops and events as well as a BUIDLathon allowing teams to compete for prizes and investments.
Meeting with Cointelegraph at one of their houses on Feb. 28, Jessy and co-organizer Waylon Jepsen kept busy setting up posters and checking up on the guests’ comfort.
Eth Denver was great this year! We had a lot of amazing residents with @wehack247 this year. I’m so glad to call you all my friends. So bullish on the future we are all building ❤️ pic.twitter.com/nlFkzx8dzO
According to the hacker-house host, she had been working at a venture capital firm in 2022 during the last ETHDenver conference when a number of people based abroad posted on social media they were looking for a place to stay in the Colorado capital city. Like many in attendance at the 2022 event, Jessy and her house guests tested positive for COVID-19 but were still able to network and develop projects.
“The motivation previously was like ‘hey, these are cool people — let’s just host them and get to know them’,” said Jessy. “For the longest time, it was a vehicle for me to find my own co-founder and discover what ideas I wanted to join.”
The four "hacker houses" scattered around the Denver Metropolitan Area
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