When I went to some hackathons 10-12 years ago they were essentially parties with networking and light coding, from time to time someone might get into an idea

When I went to some hackathons 10-12 years ago they were essentially parties with networking and light coding, from time to time someone might get into an idea and actually make something but it was mostly a social event and the goal was (a very peculiar type of) fun. Eventually they started to appear on resumes and I thought "what a strange choice, listing the times you were given beer and pizza by various tech companies." Then I went to one more recently and it was like the worst work shift I ever experienced, at least I get why they're on resumes now.