--- title: Hacker Summer Camp: What First-Timers Actually Need to Know description: A veteran attendee shares practical advice for first-time attendees of Hacker Summer Camp, the week of overlapping security conferences in Las Vegas (Black... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hacker-summer-camp-what-first-timers-actually-need-to-know-tgue4r2jo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Hacker Summer Camp: What First-Timers Actually Need to Know | daily.dev og:description: A veteran attendee shares practical advice for first-time attendees of Hacker Summer Camp, the week of overlapping security conferences in Las Vegas (Black... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hacker-summer-camp-what-first-timers-actually-need-to-know-tgue4r2jo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tGuE4r2Jo.png og:image:alt: Hacker Summer Camp: What First-Timers Actually Need to Know og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Hacker Summer Camp: What First-Timers Actually Need to Know **[Huntress Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/huntress-blog)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A veteran attendee shares practical advice for first-time attendees of Hacker Summer Camp, the week of overlapping security conferences in Las Vegas (Black Hat, BSides Las Vegas, and DEF CON 34). Tips include using the Hacker Tracker app to star sessions rather than build a rigid schedule, prioritizing organic hallway conversations over back-to-back talks, giving the smaller and cheaper BSides event a real look, and following the '3-2-1 rule' (3 hours sleep, 2 meals, 1 shower daily) to survive the physically grueling week. Huntress also mentions its own presence at Black Hat booth #1845. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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