[I believe that there is no better way to learn something than spending time with people who are doing it for fun. The story of this project begins over a year ago when, after the incredible 2012 Greylock Hackfest hackathon in San Francisco, I found myself inspired to write a blog post <www.jacobblog.tpclubs.com/2012/08/hackercasting-a-big-idea/](http://www.jacobblog.tpclubs.com/2012/08/hackercasting-a-big-idea/)> on what I saw to be a new paradigm for both programming and leadership education, which I affectionately named “HackerCasting.”