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April 22, 2012
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 Hackdays

A lightning talk presentation made at Devs Love Bacon about how awesome hackdays are.

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April 22, 2012
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Transcript

  1. github.com/andrew @teabass Hackdays

  2. HIRING WARNING

  3. forwardtechnology.co.uk

  4. Inspiration Drive big ideas Open your brain up to more

    hacking Learn new things

  5. Energy Pumping the company full of steroids

  6. No bullshit No meetings No gantt charts No managers Just

    code

  7. Creativity Play Crazy solutions Cheeky hacks New ideas

  8. Shippage Get stuff done Staging, internal or even production We

    shipped 18 projects last thursday

  9. Team Building Dependant on team mates Working closely together Increase

    motivation Reduce churn

  10. Competition Who can build the best hack? Everyones a winner

    Show it off at the end

  11. lanyrd.com/topics/hackday

  12. hackdaymanifesto.com

  13. http://globaldev.co.uk/2012/04/how-to-run-a-hack-day

  14. None