16 points | by frabonacci a day ago
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It’s so much fun when you can mix passion and seeing students chat about what they want to build the most.
vs a corporate hackathon where you’re suppose to somehow make something with a possible product fit while still meeting your existing deadlines
Yeah, a lot of these corporate hackathons are basically just lead gen in disguise. "Use our SaaS product, maybe we’ll give you a t-shirt." They're more about getting conversions than actually teaching anything useful to the students.
It’s so much fun when you can mix passion and seeing students chat about what they want to build the most.
vs a corporate hackathon where you’re suppose to somehow make something with a possible product fit while still meeting your existing deadlines
Yeah, a lot of these corporate hackathons are basically just lead gen in disguise. "Use our SaaS product, maybe we’ll give you a t-shirt." They're more about getting conversions than actually teaching anything useful to the students.