I may not be doing software dev for a living but isn't the software development lifecycle always something that would take a long time to come to a completed state?
With that assumption, I always thought of hackathons as 'sprints', as in they are great in moderation but you should always run a marathon. If this is common knowledge then I think there is a bit of a misunderstanding by outsiders, where it appears as if the devs start and finish the software or feature at the hackathon.
My impression of hackathons is that they highlight the coder culture and improve morale and PR. I don't think any manager would consider hackathons as the primary way of getting things done, am I wrong?
I may not be doing software dev for a living but isn't the software development lifecycle always something that would take a long time to come to a completed state?
With that assumption, I always thought of hackathons as 'sprints', as in they are great in moderation but you should always run a marathon. If this is common knowledge then I think there is a bit of a misunderstanding by outsiders, where it appears as if the devs start and finish the software or feature at the hackathon.
My impression of hackathons is that they highlight the coder culture and improve morale and PR. I don't think any manager would consider hackathons as the primary way of getting things done, am I wrong?