<story><title>How to win a hackathon without coming in first place</title><url>https://strdr4605.github.io/how-to-win-a-hackathon</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ivolimmen</author><text>For me a hackethon is about having fun. Period. In my company I organized multiple hackethons. As soon as Corona is less of an issue I will organize the next. I just rent a nice place for a weekend and we all come with our laptop and code in the weekend. And if you don&amp;#x27;t want to code; that&amp;#x27;s fine too. Once a colleague of mine was improving his rc airplane. We all watched him fly it. Some of us like to cook as well so that option is also on the table (pun intended).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>stavros</author><text>That sounds like the best kind of hackathon. I hate the corporate-sponsored ones, they&amp;#x27;re either &amp;quot;here&amp;#x27;s some food, come interview for us&amp;quot; if you&amp;#x27;re the public or &amp;quot;here&amp;#x27;s some food instead of overtime&amp;quot; if you&amp;#x27;re an employee.&lt;p&gt;Your kind sounds like the original spirit of the hackathon, just a bunch of people making things together.</text></comment>
<story><title>How to win a hackathon without coming in first place</title><url>https://strdr4605.github.io/how-to-win-a-hackathon</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ivolimmen</author><text>For me a hackethon is about having fun. Period. In my company I organized multiple hackethons. As soon as Corona is less of an issue I will organize the next. I just rent a nice place for a weekend and we all come with our laptop and code in the weekend. And if you don&amp;#x27;t want to code; that&amp;#x27;s fine too. Once a colleague of mine was improving his rc airplane. We all watched him fly it. Some of us like to cook as well so that option is also on the table (pun intended).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>herodoturtle</author><text>Reminds me of when my friends and I used to have LAN parties in the 90s. Good times.&lt;p&gt;I like your idea of a hackathon. Might just arrange something like this post-Covid.</text></comment>