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Re:Hackathon hustlers who make a living from corporate codin... by cbhl on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @12:43PM (#14043416)
The trick is realizing the sponsors incentives -- they don't actually want the code you wrote in a weekend. If it's recruiting, they're looking for people to hire. If it's devrel, they're looking for people to sell their SaaS to.
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Re:Hackathon hustlers who make a living from corporate codin... by lilyball on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @03:08PM (#14044681)
They may not want the code, but they do want evidence that you can actually code. Hackathons are meant to find developers, not salespeople. So picking a team that didn't actually build something real as the winner seems like a rather bad idea.
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Re:Hackathon hustlers who make a living from corporate codin... by megablast on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @07:21PM (#14046596)
Do you think they are out hunting powerpoint experts then?
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Re:Hackathon hustlers who make a living from corporate codin... by catmanjan on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @07:30PM (#14046647)
Nah, but a developer who can sell is usually a better proposition than who cannot.
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Re:Hackathon hustlers who make a living from corporate codin... by tdumitrescu on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @08:02PM (#14046829)
Really? I'll take the developer who actually makes things work.
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Re:Hackathon hustlers who make a living from corporate codin... by wingerlang on Thursday April 06, 2017 @04:13AM (#14048815)
If the developer cannot sell at all you won't really find him though.
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