This is a great point. I'm a serial Hackathoner too - I love going to Hackathons. But they're social events with code at the core and possibly you'll make som

This is a great point. I'm a serial Hackathoner too - I love going to Hackathons. But they're social events with code at the core and possibly you'll make something cool. Mostly you'll learn stuff and make new friends. The TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon is the canonical example for me. What you're talking about is not really a Hackathon. It's appropriating the word, and doing something that looks superficially similar - doing a binge of coding - but it's not the same thing and ultimately sounds counter-productive in the long run for me. Just my 2c