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This has been on my mind recently as I have been invited to "Barclay's Social Enterprise Weekend": http://barclayssewnorth.eventbrite.co.uk/ http://barclayssewn

This has been on my mind recently as I have been invited to "Barclay's Social Enterprise Weekend": http://barclayssewnorth.eventbrite.co.uk/ http://barclayssewnorth.eventbrite.co.uk/ Two things kind of leave me undecided: 1) Narrow brief: Here they are very narrow and specific about what areas would be suitable and it is clearly very closely aligned with their own interests. (However a blog post from one of the companies on the judging panel gives a more open ended brief: http://import.io/barclays-social-enterprise-hackathon-2013/ http://import.io/barclays-social-enterprise-hackathon-2013/) 2) Outcome: There aren't any "prizes". I suppose this is social enterprise, so you could consider a monetary (or similar) prize as slightly against "the spirit", but really I was kind of expecting more of an incentive from a huge multinational bank? Anyone else seen this or otherwise have any thoughts on this event?

droithomme 14y ago
The Barclays one is not exactly the same thing, but it doesn't appeal to me. You have to pay £25 to donate 3 full days of your work time (likely more in terms of work days given 16 hr days not 8 are the norm at hackathons - so this is 6 work days of work.) A big difference is the application is for charity rather than, as with Campbells, being something that directly and obviously benefits the business and would normally be something they would have to pay for. Barclays does say "Each team will have access to at least one follow up meeting with technology experts that have been involved in the design, development or marketing of Barclays mobile applications." It's not clear what this means, perhaps this is to get a brainstorming session with some of Barclays developers, or perhaps Barclays might develop the "charity app" further themselves. When I have a 3 day weekend there are a lot of things I would rather do than pay £25 for the privilege of doing 6 days of work without compensation beyond a sleeping bag rental and a few pizzas, donuts and sodas.

droithomme 14y ago

The Barclays one is not exactly the same thing, but it doesn't appeal to me. You have to pay £25 to donate 3 full days of your work time (likely more in terms of work days given 16 hr days not 8 are the norm at hackathons - so this is 6 work days of work.) A big difference is the application is for charity rather than, as with Campbells, being something that directly and obviously benefits the business and would normally be something they would have to pay for. Barclays does say "Each team will have access to at least one follow up meeting with technology experts that have been involved in the design, development or marketing of Barclays mobile applications." It's not clear what this means, perhaps this is to get a brainstorming session with some of Barclays developers, or perhaps Barclays might develop the "charity app" further themselves. When I have a 3 day weekend there are a lot of things I would rather do than pay £25 for the privilege of doing 6 days of work without compensation beyond a sleeping bag rental and a few pizzas, donuts and sodas.