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Is this new or just 'new mainstream enterprise practice' I was under the impression that hackathons had been subverted as a tool of corporate exploitation of yo
by baxter001 11y ago
Is this new or just 'new mainstream enterprise practice' I was under the impression that hackathons had been subverted as a tool of corporate exploitation of young devs for some time now.
- ferentchak 11y agoThe events that I ran were about team building and giving the younger folks a safe chance to build some leadership skills. They were fully internal events though, not a "win a free monkey if you make the best app on my api" kind of hackathons.
- baxter001 11y agoA few of my local user groups run similarly positive events, split into teams riff on an idea and do a show and tell at the end. Great fun and a positive exposure to code for newbies or the simply curious.
- ferentchak 11y agoI found that lots of the older folks were happy to get a chance to sit down and program again. They had moved into jobs that were more about managing and communication, so they were not able to find time to code like they used to. Giving the newer devs a chance to lead a team gave them a chance to hone that skill if it was something they were interested in developing.