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Looking at going to battlehack (from paypal) this weekend. Wondering how it fits in to the "3 types" from the article - doesn't seem to fit in to any of those
by mgkimsal 12y ago
Looking at going to battlehack (from paypal) this weekend. Wondering how it fits in to the "3 types" from the article - doesn't seem to fit in to any of those 3 specifically.
- Namrog84 12y agoI've been to many that don't fit into those. But I think it's because the title was 3 harmful types of hackathon. Not "the 3 types of hackathons. The ones you and I have been too were nothing like this and were simply not in the harmful category.
- jefflinwood 12y agoHi, I went to BattleHack Austin two years ago (and then to the world finals in San Jose), and really enjoyed it. I would say that it doesn't fit into any of those categories - it's not a business pitch-a-thon, PayPal doesn't own your code, and it's not a recruiting deal either. BattleHack is still the best hackathon I've ever been to. They're doing the BattleHack hackathons to raise awareness of their developer programs with coders, for a company like PayPal, it's not a lot of money to spend.
- mgkimsal 12y agoThanks for the info. I'm a bit concerned about the 'staying up for 30 hours' bit, but we'll see how that goes.
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