The death of hacker culture? Would most of these people otherwise would have been into what would be more traditionally considered hacker culture? Most hackath

The death of hacker culture? Would most of these people otherwise would have been into what would be more traditionally considered hacker culture? Most hackathons now are for PR and for recruiting. Fine. With all the preaching about how everyone needs to be able to program, and the number of jobs available, is this a surprise? People who enjoy hacking for the sake of hacking will continue to do it outside of these sponsored events.