It's whatever you want it to be. You can choose to turn up with winning as you're only goal, then spend a couple of sleepless days hammering things together. Pe

It's whatever you want it to be. You can choose to turn up with winning as you're only goal, then spend a couple of sleepless days hammering things together. Personally I take it as an opportunity to play around with silly ideas a bit, but mostly drift around the place chatting with the other people about what they're doing. Last time I did one I ended up not really attaching myself to a team at all because I had some family issues come up early in the weekend that needed sorting out, and I think that ended up being the most fun I've had at a hackathon - I spent the entire weekend just chatting to people, and occasionally helping out teams with issues they were having where I had some experience. It turned into a mentorthon, which is honestly much more satisfying.