How Hacking Heroes began

Hacking Heroes did not begin on the first official day of its Erasmus+ funded period. By September 2016, the idea, the partnership and the programme had already been developing for the better part of a year.

The first conversations

In late 2015, Dominik Kościelak and Aleksandra Kubiak began discussing an educational project built around programming — not simply as a technical skill, but as a way for young people to learn independently, solve problems and work together.

The early motivation was practical and educational. The project would not be about turning every participant into a professional developer. It would use programming as a way to build confidence, curiosity and the habit of learning how to learn.