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When hackathon judging is a public benchmark: my report from Hack the North
Related: https://uwaterloo.ca/news/eweal-making-hackathons-fun-again-breaking-guinness-world-record https://uwaterloo.ca/news/eweal-making-hackathons-fun-again-...
- mchiang 1y agoIt’s so much fun when you can mix passion and seeing students chat about what they want to build the most.
- ausbah 1y agovs a corporate hackathon where you’re suppose to somehow make something with a possible product fit while still meeting your existing deadlines
- frabonacci 1y agoYeah, a lot of these corporate hackathons are basically just lead gen in disguise. "Use our SaaS product, maybe we’ll give you a t-shirt." They're more about getting conversions than actually teaching anything useful to the students.