Three Types of Harmful Hackathons

Re:Three Types of Harmful Hackathons by joshstrange on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @02:37PM (#9376357)

> To be fair, SW is meant to be a "Business-A-Thon" and not a hackathon in the traditional sense. This is spelled out in many places, and they make it clear up front that the business plan is key.

I understand this now, I decided to do SW at the last minute and hadn't done my research. See my edit above, I see this as my fault for not researching more what I was getting into not SW failure to meet my made up requirements to be an enjoyable experience for me.

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Re:Three Types of Harmful Hackathons by jasonlotito on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @02:42PM (#9376388)

Well, in reading these comments, it seems you aren't the only one that confuses SW with hackathon. Maybe it's the people I know locally and how they make sure to differentiate their SW and their hackathon, and how they are distinctly different. Maybe other locations just sort of stress a greater emphasis on hacking than the business side.

Regardless, it doesn't seem like you are alone. =)

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Re:Three Types of Harmful Hackathons by joshstrange on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @02:48PM (#9376426)

Especially where I live (Lexington, KY) there are not a plethora of true hackathons to choose from. There are a few smaller language-specific groups that do some event but SW is by far the largest of it's kind in Lexington. So I jumped on SW when I found out about it. It was neat just not really what I was looking for. I get most of my "hackathon"-energy out by just meeting up with friends to work on an idea on a weekend.

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