I've been lucky enough to have jobs in the past that allotted a bunch of time for learning, but I know a ton of people who don't have that luxury. For students

I've been lucky enough to have jobs in the past that allotted a bunch of time for learning, but I know a ton of people who don't have that luxury. For students, I'm sure hackathons are a great change of pace from what they're doing in class too. Nobody puts a grade on your hackathon project after all :)