How useful are hackathons

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Sequoia India used to host a hackathon. That used to be some epic stuff. Lots of really good devs used to come and make some kickass products. Post that I have been to numerous hackathon and it rarely makes a dent in quality of outputs. What do you guys think we can do to make hackathons great again? Most of the events these days are closed events for within a company. 

I'll start with some suggestions:
1. Have a decent prize money
2. Output should be judged on factors like completeness, business readiness, quality, usecase definition etc
3. Have good sponsors backing the cause so that we get awareness about the event.
4. Also support good innovation as well. Not like yet another Chat GPT coding assistant

Please add on to this. How can we have a great one again. Looking for ideas and if we end up with a decent suggestion then we can try to setup a hackathon of our own completely.

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Using hackathons to build typical use cases is becoming more common in feature factories. No doubt, innovation takes the backseat.

Hackathons as an abuse mechanism

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2. Lunch breaks are supposed to be max 40 mins long. I accept basic courtesy of following this, if not, I’ll tag people on the group. 

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Hey guys,
I am looking for people or teams that are really interested in deep diving into blockchain space (I am talking about consensus, networking, finality etc). I am planning to attend a lot of hackathons where we can build stuff and present it.

If anybody knows someone who is interested or any groups that are already there, please connect me to them or share link of groups.

You might be wondering why I am asking this here, honestly I didn't find any place to ask this especially in India, also I really wanted to see if people are really there who are genuinely interested in building and learning not just doing it for the sake of resume.

People who are interested in the technical side of blockchain

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Can anyone tell me how hackathons are helpful and when I should take part if I know a bit of coding or when I am given an ample amount of time to coding.??? I also would like to know some prominent hackathons contest names and where to find them??? I saw one of the IIITD students who took part in an IITD hackathon. Can I take part if I am from tier 3 College from another state like Kolkata????

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What are some cool ways to make hackathon better, its for office. only employees allowed.

Looking for ideas to organise hackathon in office. Please suggest some.

What are some weird terms startups use that could be spoken normally?  They need to stop using these freaking words. Let's put them all in this thread. Here are a few
1. Cohort
2. Kickoff/ Kickstarter
3. Deepdive
4. Supercharge
5. Breakouts
6. Teardowns
7. Kickass
8. Gamification
9. True North

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Hi! I just finished my second year at a tier-1 college. I’ve been looking for internships to do this summer, and a startup offered me a backend role of 10k pm stipend that required 8 hours a day commitment. I’d have to travel to their 2-3 times a week to their office that’s 7-8 kms away.

I know a decent amount of web dev, have built a MERN clone of Reddit, and I’m pretty good at algorithms. 

Upon asking one of my mentors about this, he that the guy who’s offering me this role is simply ripping me off. I just wanted a second opinion on this. 

Am I being underpaid?

10k pm stipend for intern

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I applied on Naukri.com. Now I have received an invitation for Hackathon + Hiring.

Should I go?

Any idea about Concord Technologies ?

Hey Folks, I'm a software engineer with around 2yoe. My goal for this year is to get very good at tech (frontend and Backend). Currently I'm a Frontend Engineer working with React.

I've selected Golang for the backend in order to create software.

I want to start participating by the end of this year and next in many hackathons. I tried searching on Google but there are a lot of fake sites giving 0 information regarding this.

How do I find where hackathons are happening in and around the city?

How to find hackathons in Bengaluru?

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