There is a professional form of hackathons, often found in procurement opportunities. Participating teams/companies are evaluated via a technical challenge. Whi

There is a professional form of hackathons, often found in procurement opportunities. Participating teams/companies are evaluated via a technical challenge. While not the best way to evaluate for $X-XXXM efforts, they certainly provide opportunity to showcase. Ive had multiple successes here. Platform/infra and backend are the most critical parts to get right, and come automated with. I can staff any team of junior devs enabled by tools like react to quickly implement user interfaces beyond what competitors showcase; but only due to the backbone.