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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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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.

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Remember when I was in college, we had a really great hackathon culture, being conducted offline in Bangalore. AngelHack, Amazon Sambhav, FutureSkills by Nasscom, Ideathon. 

After COVID hit and Web3 became a buzzword, all I see is web3 hackathons where folks just copy a pre-written smart contract from GitHub and it doesn't even work. Most of these are online where you don't even get to see what others have built.
I have seen someone winning 3rd prize by showing Figma prototype 🤦‍♀️. Same goes for meetups as well.

Really miss the days where we had no clue on Friday what we're going to build and coming home with $500 in prize on Monday mornings.


If you're aware of any good hackathons happening this year, please let me know.

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Meanwhile boys are not even getting the test link or interview for that.

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Thinking about building something stupid over the weekend, would be great if someone else is willing to contribute as well. 

No intention of doing anything with that at the moment.

Bored! Anyone up for a weekend hack?

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I felt like doing this AMA since, recently, students and experienced folks are being lured by 'paid' open-source courses. Feel free to ask any questions without paying any $$$. I won't respond to questions which could potentially dox me though.

P.S. I know the post title is cringy, but I couldn't think of anything better ATM.

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