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    Hackers and Hacking

    medium.com/hackers-and-hacking · Publication · on HN since 2013

    A Medium publication covering hackathon culture, including who sponsors them, how students organize them, and criticism of corporate-run events.

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    What HN says

    HN commenters link it as a damning critique of corporate hackathons, and as a reason developers should be more careful choosing which hackathons to join.

    Stats for nerds
    20HN people shared it
    18linked in comments
    149story points
    Dec 2013last shared

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      The Dirty Secret Behind the Salesforce $1M Hackathon
      6 people · 66 points · first shared 2013 · 1 comments on HN
    2. 2
      How Michigan took hackathons by storm.
      1 person · 30 points · first shared 2013 · 16 comments on HN
    3. 3
      The Dirty Secret Behind the Salesforce $1M Hackathon
      1 person · 11 points · first shared 2013 · 1 comments on HN
    4. 4
      A Hacking Hiatus
      2 people · 9 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN
    5. 5
      Who sponsors hackathons, and why? Hackonomics 101
      1 person · 8 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN
    6. 6
      What is it like to organize HackMIT?
      1 person · 6 points · first shared 2013 · Discussion on HN
    7. 7
      Protohacks: A Hackathon for Low Income High Schoolers
      1 person · 5 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN
    8. 8
      Dear Corporations, Please Stop Throwing Your Own Hackathons
      1 person · 5 points · first shared 2013 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      It’s Not “Too Late” for Female Hackers
      1 person · 4 points · first shared 2013 · 8 comments on HN
    10. 10
      Save The Hackathon – Collegiate Mega-Hackathons Have Forgotten Hackers
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • ismaelcNov 2013

      This should not come as a surprise anymore. Developers need to be more responsible in picking their hackathons - https://medium.com/hackers-and-hacking/593688fa7c09

    • johnny99Dec 2013

      Right--that's the assertion made is this well-done and damning post:

      https://medium.com/hackers-and-hacking/b839268fb82d

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