I agree. The last one I attended, a group won that had shortcuts up their sleeves. A member of the winning group had interned with the company that was judging

I agree. The last one I attended, a group won that had shortcuts up their sleeves. A member of the winning group had interned with the company that was judging for the winner. I also consider myself a professional, although I am still a student. I have more experience working in software development than most students. The food was terrible. Extremely high in sugar foods, with absolutely no water given out, but things like Coke, Monster, etc. There was also no where to sleep, so people were sleeping on the hard floor. I'll be attending one again, but as a volunteer tech mentor. There's no way I'll be judged against amateurs like I was at that last hackathon. The winner of that group used the most Buzzwords.