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I've never seen these as doing work for free. I've seen hackathons as a way to get developers excited about a product, platform or API. A cool and fun form of m

by leokun 13y ago

I've never seen these as doing work for free. I've seen hackathons as a way to get developers excited about a product, platform or API. A cool and fun form of marketing, in effect.

Sniperfish 13y ago
At the risk of being cynical, I think that's the point. If everyone who could contribute considered them (corporate sponsored hackathons) as work for free they'd quickly run out of submissions and fail. Keeping the perception as a way to excite and/or challenge developers is pretty well essential for their continuation.