I'm thinking about going to a hackathon tomorrow. I'm

>>55699148
Do you enjoy fixing bugs for free?

>>55699148
Did a hackathon in college. Showed up to the opening ceremony and then did the entire thing in my apartment. There is no reason to stay. Just show up for the awards and judging

>>55701543
Would I need to show up for the opening at 9 AM? Just want to make sure I don't miss the whole thing, but do it comfortably too.

>>55701655
I would. At mine that's where they told you to submit your final project and where to go, the schedule, etc

>>55701914
Alright. Do we get teams? I have little idea how this is going to work, but I'm not sure I have the skillset to reasonably make whatever project it is on my own.

>>55699148
Hackathons vary. The last one I went to had (guest) speakers who will generally lecture on the theme of the hackathon at the start, plus there's the inevitable swag that's given out. Participants show up as individuals and as groups, so show up for the start and play it by ear. Socialize a bit and see what people are generally thinking about or if any randoms want to team up.

If you win or place high in the hackathon, great. Don't expect it, though. What you REALLY want to get out of it is experience and networking. If you walk away dead last but you learned something (and recorded it somehow, either on paper, document, etc) and/or you made a friend (yeah yeah neckbeards and friends ebin mene), you got something valuable out of it. Even if you palled up with someone who was a grade A retard who thought he knew it all, you learned something about the dangers of mixing retards and programming.