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Discussion on: Have you ever been in a hackathon

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Joe Hobot • Edited

Been to one that is somewhat famous #hacktrain . Lots of people, set to code for straight 48hrs and then present the outcome. Best ones get some swag and possibly implement the 'xyz' to some random big train company.

Found out that 2y later "Big Company" used that same idea from our team (We were 2nd place) and implemented it as theirs.

I can't say which big company as I have some ties to it.

But on positive side, I met lots of people, learned a lot about different ways of coding, thinking and made some friends.

Each hackaton is different, make sure you hit some other people that might've been to same one 'last year' and ask them about their perception of it.