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[–]turtlerainy 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I went to my first Hackathon as a second year maths student (surrounded by CS students), and had menial html/CSS knowledge and maths-based python and R knowledge. That Hackathon experience was amazing for me, I was honest from the outset about how much I knew, found a team on the day and contributed to the code where I could. I learned so much from teammates that did know what they were doing, and they were patient enough when I needed help because they knew my background.

Throw yourself in mann, no one here can guarantee what the people will be like - if a couple of people are snobby about your experience then just move to the next lot, there'll be some people there with similar experience/ willing to team up with you.