About

Mission

Tech Under Twenty hopes to:

• Get students involved in the Halton tech community
• Develop your foundation of knowledge on how to be successful in tech
• Help you become a student leader

Goals

Our main goals are to engage students ages 15 – 20 to:

• Contribute to grow your tech community in Halton Region
• Develop a better understanding of your interests, goals, and potential career paths in tech
• Build passion projects in the tech space you are proud of
• Meet amazing people aligned with your goals and are focused on changing the world for the better
• Work on and get a better understanding of an area of interest
• Turn the idea into a piece of work you are proud of and could possibly commercialize
• Build a strong professional network
• Get summer employment

We are looking for people that:

• Are people and community focused
• Are eager to learn from all … peers and mentors
• Understand the importance of tech
• Demonstrate the importance of persistence and long term thinking
• Want to grow themselves

We do this by

• Recruiting students to run school chapters that develop tech ecosystems within schools
• Holding a C3 Workshop that kicks of our year by highlighting who we are and what we are planning for the upcoming
• Running the TU20 Cup that gets teams building and pitching a team tech project
• Running the TU20 Workshop & Pitch Night that helps students understand and build the skills they need to get a job in technology

If you are:

• A rockstar coder looking to form a team that’s ready to build the next google
• A budding engineer looking to build the next generation of inventions
• A graphic designer looking to inspire the community with your work
• A marketer looking to learn know the ins and outs of selling
• A student who’s ready to immerse themselves in the tech community