Chii chinoita kuti hackathon ibudirire?
LabCorp yakaita musangano wayo wechipiri wepagore we "Innovation Days" (kana kuti hackathon) muna Kukadzi, 2020. Chiitiko chacho chakabudirira, uye nyaya ino inotsanangura chakavanzika chakaita kuti chibudirire: Lipton® Onion Soup Mix. Musanganiswa wesobho unobata revo yehackathon yakabudirira... zvimwe zvinoshanda, uye zvimwe zvomunhu oga kutungamiri kweLabCorp.  Chikonzero chokutanga chokuti musanganiswa wesobho unobatanidza mudzimu wehackathon uri nyore: chigadzirwa chacho hachiwanzoshandiswi sezvachakarongerwa: kugadzira soup. Kutaura zvazviri, musanganiswa wesobho wakatanga kuzivikanwa mukubika mukutanga kwema1950 nokuda kwebasa rayo risiri muto: mbatatisi chip dip. Inonzi <unk>California Dip<unk> pakutanga, iyi recipe inotora mukaka wakaoma uye unoipa zingi inonaka uye hunhu hwakasiyana. Kwemakore anopfuura hafu yezana remakore, musanganiswa uyu wesobho wave uchidiwa pamapati nemhaka yavanhu vanovhiringidza manyorerwo uye vanoshandisa zvinhu nenzira isingatarisirwi. Kubatsira kwokusanganiswa kwesupu sechinhu chinovandudza kunyudza ndechokuti kunobatsira kukurumidzisa muitiro wokugadzira kunyudza kunonaka nguva dzose. Nokuda kwevanhu vanobatanidzwa muhackathon, ichi chimwe chinhu chokutsvaka: mazano ehackathon kana mativi emapurojekiti ehackathon anogona kushandiswa kune zvirongwa zviripo kuti abatsire kujekesa?  Rwendo rwoku"gadzira" musanganiswa wesobho rwunobatawo pfungwa yehackathon. Injiniya akabatsira kugadzira muto uyu akanga akundikana makore akanga apfuura. Akanga asiri kuedza kugadzira muto mukati meHondo Yenyika II, akanga achiedza kuponesa upenyu. Naizvozvo iye akagadzira - nenzira inosuruvarisa isingashandi - mutoo wokuomesa ropa nechando uyo waigona kugadzirwazve munhandare yehondo kuti aponese upenyu. Chiono chake chokuti "ropa rakaomeswa" rishandiswe munhandare yehondo chakanga chisingabviri. Ngatitarisirei kuti hazvina kutora vanhu vakawanda kwazvo ve"QA" kuti vazive kuti chigadzirwa ichi chakanga chafa. Zvisinei, makore akazotevera, akanga achifunga nezvenzira yokuomesa nechando paakabatsira kugadzira Lipton® Onion Soup Mix.  CIO weLabCorp, Lance Berberian akataura nezvekutanga kweLipton® Onion Soup Mix semutauri mukuru panguva yeInnovation Days chiitiko. Mr. Berberian akarondedzera nyaya yacho kubva kuna babamunini vake, uye, kufanana nenyaya dzakawanda dzinorondedzerwa navanasekuru, tinokarira kuti ichokwadi. Mashoko okuenda nawo, sezvo achibatanidza nehackathons: yeuka kuedza kwako kwakakundikana. Zvinhu zvaunoita paunenge wakundikana zvingava zvinokosha pakubudirira kwauchaita mune ramangwana.  VaBerberian vakanga vakabatikana zvikuru muhackathon. Kutaura zvazviri, vatungamiriri veboka rake ndivo vaiva pamberi pazuva rokutanga basa racho uyewo pazuva rokuratidzwa kwaro. Nyaya yababamunini vake yakanga ine simba nokuti yakaratidza zvaifanira kuitwa: kuedza, kudzidza, kushamwaridzana, uye kutarisira zvinhu zvisingatarisirwi. Uye zvisingatarisirwi zvakaitika mukati mechiitiko chacho. Zuva racho rava kunopera, mumwe wevateereri akangoerekana adonha ndokubatwa nepfari. Vanhu vakawanda vakamhanyira kunobatsira ndokufonera 911. Somutungamiriri anonzwira tsitsi, VaBerberian vaiva pamberi chaipo pechiitiko chacho, uye vakagara nomushandi waaishanda naye airwara apo takamirira kuti amburenzi isvike. Izvi, ndinotenda, zvinobata chinhu chakavanzika chechokwadi chehackathon inobudirira: hutungamiri hunobatanidzwa.