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I share your frustration. I think many of the trendier companies have a tendency for it to end up being networking and also about being seen at so-and-so's hack
by donohoe 16y ago
I share your frustration. I think many of the trendier companies have a tendency for it to end up being networking and also about being seen at so-and-so's hackathon. It's a 'scene' for many ppl who wanna be 'hackers' but really are not.
My biggest pet-peeve at hackathons are those who turn up with full working hacks they did prior. Nothing wrong with that but please have the courtesy to not enter them into the competition against the poor smuck (like me) who only had the last 12 hours to pull their hack together.
- JBerlinsky 16y agoI actually feel like your event (NYTimes Hackday in December) was pretty good along those lines; I didn't get the feeling that any of the applications had a significant amount of pre-writing code-wise.
- donohoe 16y agoGlad you enjoyed it. We should be doing it again this year too. There were a couple with projects that were written a week+ prior but we factored that into the conversation when giving out prizes.
- JBerlinsky 16y agoCool! I dunno if we'll be able to make it out again (we were the Night Scheduler guys), but I'll definitely see what I can do. Really? There were a couple that I could see that being a possibility with (the Etsy/Flickr guys), but I didn't even consider them as contenders seeing as how they sponsored. shrug