> I really felt like going home and have a good night sleep. But I didn't want to let your fellow hackers down This is the tricky bit, because it's where our s

> I really felt like going home and have a good night sleep. But I didn't want to let your fellow hackers down This is the tricky bit, because it's where our social instincts give the wrong answer, and it's important to be able to recognize it because it happens in other contexts than hackathons. In reality, if your teammates want to stay at work all night, you are letting them down by joining them, because you are reinforcing their irrational and self-destructive behavior as well as damaging your own ability to contribute. The best thing you can do for them is go home and rest so you can work productively tomorrow, tell them to do the same thing, and hope the message will eventually get through.