Depends on internal messaging. I’ve been at places where all the non-techie people are cheerleading for the “hackathon” - and then start doing nearly everything possible to make what is already a kind of “forced fun” activity very, very, very unfun.
Like dictating all the terms, expected outcomes, what is in-bounds to work on (often just chosen tech debt items, lol) and then, making it a fucking contest on top of that.
But everyone is expected to plaster on big, shit-eating grins and have “fun” because we were “allowed” to “hack” on “fun” projects.
I agree with that, having access to that internal messaging would add weight and validity to this story. I’m just upset because I like collecting more reasons to clown on Zuck and Meta but this isnt’t substantive enough. Some places do make hackathons shitty, I haven’t looked forward to one since college.
Depends on internal messaging. I’ve been at places where all the non-techie people are cheerleading for the “hackathon” - and then start doing nearly everything possible to make what is already a kind of “forced fun” activity very, very, very unfun.
Like dictating all the terms, expected outcomes, what is in-bounds to work on (often just chosen tech debt items, lol) and then, making it a fucking contest on top of that.
But everyone is expected to plaster on big, shit-eating grins and have “fun” because we were “allowed” to “hack” on “fun” projects.
I agree with that, having access to that internal messaging would add weight and validity to this story. I’m just upset because I like collecting more reasons to clown on Zuck and Meta but this isnt’t substantive enough. Some places do make hackathons shitty, I haven’t looked forward to one since college.