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Hackathons are pretty bad ideas, I think. I think they've crossed the threshold into doing more harm than good. I've seen people get excluded. I've seen the sam
by 27182818284 13y ago
Hackathons are pretty bad ideas, I think. I think they've crossed the threshold into doing more harm than good. I've seen people get excluded. I've seen the same project 10x over. Further, teams are realizing they can stack the odds in their favors by having more graphic designers than programmers. For judges, prettyness outweighs function at these public, often broadcast events.
- dirkdk 13y agoYeah, I have started to avoid certain events. The Dreamforce hackathon with the 1 million dollar prize for instance looked way too much like a marketing gimmick for Salesforce so I declined. AngelHack is becoming more of a company launching program. I just want to write some code with new tech and meet fellow developers and designers