As a sponsor of hackathons, the "circuit" hackers have their pros and cons -- they do know how to cut to the chase, and not waste the limited time doing things

As a sponsor of hackathons, the "circuit" hackers have their pros and cons -- they do know how to cut to the chase, and not waste the limited time doing things like setting up their dev environment, or getting an instance spun up -- in other words, they're prepared and spend their time building things, rather than setting things up. As for cons -- seeing the same formulaic hack from a developer, but with a different splash page and pitch deck can get tiresome; or having them show up and not collaborate, connect with or help others can be a drag. I've actually awarded prizes to both Peter and Jay on a couple of occasions. One thing to be said about these guys is that they do breath life into an event, often work with others and are damn creative. From a participant point of view -- I still do love a good hackathon, even after years of participating in them (and winning a few along the way, too! https://techcrunch.com/2014/09/07/shower-with-friends-wins-the-disrupt-sf-2014-hackathon-grand-prize-blitz-and-interactive-markdown-are-runners-up/ https://techcrunch.com/2014/09/07/shower-with-friends-wins-t...