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Re:Employees at Amazon's New NYC Warehouse Launch Unionizati... by aaaaaaaaaab on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @07:10AM (#18663218)
>There is no pressure to perform or participate in a hackathon

I guess you haven't had the pleasure of participating in monthly workplace "hackathons". Of course participation is optional, but it can look good on your promotion case wink-wink nudge-nudge.

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Re:Employees at Amazon's New NYC Warehouse Launch Unionizati... by maxxxxx on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @07:31AM (#18663327)
They tried to do a hackathon at my company but after initial interest a lot of people dropped out so in the end it was cancelled.

I think hackathons could be fun but they should either be done independently from a company or do something that's not of any direct value to the company but something fun.

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Re:Employees at Amazon's New NYC Warehouse Launch Unionizati... by adetrest on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @08:44AM (#18663787)
The trick is to not care about internal promotion. You can also get promoted as you change jobs.
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Re:Employees at Amazon's New NYC Warehouse Launch Unionizati... by aaaaaaaaaab on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @09:11AM (#18663998)
Indeed as an engineer this is the best course of action in our industry.
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