The post is about hackathons, but I'd argue that all of these reasons apply to hacking in general. Of course, that makes it a much less controversial thesis (this is Hacker News, after all), but it raises the question: what's the value of hackathons in particular?

There are wayyy more than 7. This post just scratches the surface of the hackathon value prop.

1. You enjoy/love it.

FIN.