Hackathon
Turn public jobs-skills datasets into real next steps. Build practical tools that help people identify in-demand skills, close skills gaps, and discover upskilling pathways — then demo what you made with the PyCon Singapore community and the world.
Developers, data practitioners, designers, educators, students, career builders and hobbyists are all welcome. If you can turn messy information into a clear choice for a real person, you belong here.
The Challenge
Many people want to upgrade their skills, but struggle to translate frameworks, job requirements, and skill lists into practical action. The data exists — the journey doesn't.
What You’ll Build
Think career pathway explorers, role-to-skill maps, skills-gap analysers, reskilling recommendation engines, personalised learning roadmaps, or explainable dashboards for lifelong learning.
Help users understand which roles are realistic next moves and why.
Pinpoint rising capabilities and prioritise the most urgent gaps.
Suggest next learning actions that feel doable for working adults.
Make labour-market signals understandable without overwhelming charts.
How To Join
You may participate as an individual or as a team (maximum 3 members). Build with Python and the tools you love.
Solo is fine. A duo or trio is better. Gender diversity is best.
Discovery, matching, explainability, visualisation, or personalised next-step planning.
Use lightweight data pipelines and strong product thinking. Bonus: apply what you learn from the PyConSG programme (talks and workshops, sponsors and partners, presenters and participants, etc.).
Show the user journey, your core logic, the data you used, and the actions your product generates.
Submit via a simple form. We will collate and publish a project showcase/portfolio page.
Judging
Strong entries combine technical execution with human-centred guidance. Make it clear, make it honest, make it useful.
Process matters as much as product. Show how you work with people.
We are especially interested in AI-human and human-human interaction processes — not only the final outcome. Interaction logs are critical and will be mandatory part of submission. Judging is split evenly: Process (50%) and Product (50%).
Does it help a real user make a clearer skills or career decision?
Is the prototype reliable, readable, and demo-friendly?
Are dataset choices and transformations sensible, transparent, and explainable?
Does it guide users toward concrete next steps without overwhelming them?
Winners & Prizes
Watch this space! :)
FAQ
A. Absolutely. We have an open category: build anything useful and playful, or “boliao but harmless”. Life is beautiful in its diversity and inclusion — and so is Python. https://www.python.org/psf/diversity
Whether you are open to work, employed, a student, a retiree, or a homemaker, you are welcome to join. The hackathon is about practical learning and positive outcomes that can benefit the wider community beyond the conference.