My main gripe with hackathons is they cheapen IT work. If you let yourself be subjected to crunching out bad quality code while eating pizza and being hyped by

My main gripe with hackathons is they cheapen IT work. If you let yourself be subjected to crunching out bad quality code while eating pizza and being hyped by loud music - which is basically the equivalent of a child's birthday party at an indoor playground - management will see you as children and thus treat you as such.