I'll participate in a hackathon for fun but I won't ever compete for one for a 'carrot' or a 'stick' again. Way too easy to create unnecessary bad blood if it

I'll participate in a hackathon for fun but I won't ever compete for one for a 'carrot' or a 'stick' again. Way too easy to create unnecessary bad blood if it is an internal hackathon. People should participate because they want to, if they choose not to, that's a culture mismatch between leadership's actual actions and leadership's desired results. I think even prizes are a bad idea unless the prize is something silly like a little trophy or something without value. Again, it's about cultural alignment. A good internal hackathon should be stress-free, fun, catered food, have spaces to blow off... it should less be like "work all night wooo" and more a relaxed tech-oriented get-together.