Making your hackathon matter

My talk at the WIP Developer Relations workshop

Transcript

2. Making your hackathon matter Cristiano Betta, @cbetta
3. More than 50 hack days
5. Organised more than 15 hack days
6. PayPal ran 11 hack days last year
7. Axes!
8. I’ve had enough of pizza
9. And (non german) beer
10. A manifesto to stop the mediocracy hackdaymanifesto.com
11. Communication is king
12. An API is a business card
13. A hacker is not a recruit
14. A hack is not an app
15. Your office is a better sponsorship
16. Celebrate the effort
17. Run your own or sponsor?
18. Why at PayPal?
19. Don’t push it
20. Add some class
21. We best learn in silence
22. A happy developer is the best evangelist
23. Track and measure
24. BattleHack.org Cristiano Betta, @cbetta