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Show me a weekend hackathon with half as big a prize pot.
by bluehat 14y ago
Show me a weekend hackathon with half as big a prize pot.
- swang 14y agoAre those hackathons sponsored by one of the largest corporations in the world, one that is asking you to revolutionize a product for pennies on the dollar? It is essentially a corporate takeover of the hackathon without understanding of it at all. Most sponsored hackathons are, "Hey write for our API, here is food and $2K and some t-shirts." Coca-cola is just hitching on the whole notion of the hackathon, hoping someone is willing to work for cheap on something that can probably bring them a billion if it all works out. Edit: I should probably note that its their event and they have the right to set the prizes, but man, $10K is low for something that can earn Coca-cola a lot of money.
- bluehat 14y agoI'm obviously kinda biased as I'm running this on the Hacker Dojo's side, but how else would you run a hardware hackathon? Or are hackathons only for software? Are you in a position to make a company out of your alternative soda fountain, or is the offer to buy an idea really a kindness? They have offered classes, support from their engineering teams, equipment to break, and a lot of other things I've never seen anybody else do before.
- Apocryphon 14y ago>$10k for a weekend's worth of work seems rather excessive.
- netrus 14y agoYou have to multiply that by your chance of winning (and account for the risk). I even have to bring my own material for CNC!
- r00fus 14y agoSure, that'd be fine - if they paid everyone $1k, I'm sure tons would jump for the opportunity. Remember, the real equation is: 1 weekend of work = (small probability of) $10k. A whole lot less of a deal.
- michaelbuckbee 14y agoLast year StartNorfolk (A startup weekend in Norfolk VA) had cash prizes of 15, 10 and 5 thousand dollas for the first through third place winners.
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