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I went to one and although a good experience (to do once) I found it was smelly, cramped, there was encouragement to work all night, ergonomically it was hell (

I went to one and although a good experience (to do once) I found it was smelly, cramped, there was encouragement to work all night, ergonomically it was hell (bad plastic chairs) and too many idea people. My answer to hackathons is doing an hour here and there in my spare time.

WorldMaker 11y ago
Yes, I enjoyed Hackathon-like things in college, but there is something to be said about youth and youthful exuberance there. I'm also at the point where the sorts of things I do that meet the Hackathon role in my life at this point, particularly because I think they should fit spare time and not eat up my focus or impact my day job, I'm tending towards at least a fortnight deadline (two weeks) and often more like month (things like NaNoWriMo in particular have captured my attention). I do think that is a bit more sustainable. I've also sort of tried to brainstorm up for what I think a good sustainable "jelly" (slower than a "jam") might be and it would probably be something like fortnight sub-milestones towards a month or two project. Of course, I'm still not sure how you keep that from feeling like an unpaid internship, but maybe I'll figure that out at some point.
atmosx 11y ago
Idea ppl on Hackathons??? What amazes me with havkathons is... The level of apps complexity. Some times its crystal clear that the team was working on the app for at least 500 hours BEFORE the hackathon even began. Sincr its so obvious why do these projects get accepted?