Ask HN: Attending a hackathon weekend as a non-tech?

Re:Ask HN: Attending a hackathon weekend as a non-tech? by saiko-chriskun on Friday May 04, 2012 @07:00PM (#3930702)

"laughed" out of the venue? what? that doesn't even make sense. have you ever been to a hackathon? I've definitely had non-techie friends have a great time attending events with me.

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Re:Ask HN: Attending a hackathon weekend as a non-tech? by sparknlaunch12 on Saturday May 05, 2012 @03:04AM (#3931557)

Laughed out = not taken seriously because won't be coding, don't own a serious laptop, haven't worked in the tech industry as a developer/marketer/product developer.

For people with a non startup background, who have never attended a hackathon, should they attend to learn new things, add a different perspective to a team, network?

What is the general experience like?

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Re:Ask HN: Attending a hackathon weekend as a non-tech? by jlt on Saturday May 05, 2012 @10:51AM (#3932236)

You would find it very rewarding and insightful!

We're genuinely quite friendly people, us hackers - we should make you feel welcome :)

Have a beer or two with some of the guys and walk around to see what people are working on - most people will be more than happy to show you their hack!

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Re:Ask HN: Attending a hackathon weekend as a non-tech? by sparknlaunch12 on Saturday May 05, 2012 @02:06PM (#3932739)

That sounds positive. For team events, what contributions would coders want from non coders?

For example, a startup weekend planning, project management, testing, design, marketing, pitching? I assume you don't just sit around looking over peoples shoulders for two days?

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