As part of National Day of Hacking, I took part in the hackathon in New York. Here were some insights
A few teams had come prepared reading the challenge questions. These teams had an advantage on time
Creating something in time was a big challenge ( how do you make a product in a single day)
Hackathon consists of 1) organizer giving challenge questions 2) people coming to venue 3) making teams 4) working together as team 5) presenting results (usually one person per team)
The idea is the most important in how relevant and closely aligned to the questions in hackthon you were. Creativity rules
The next important thing was making a balanced team in which everyone gels well, and have skill sets that are complementary ( one front end, one back end, one data scientist in Python, one person who is good at presentation etc)
The next important thing was not getting intimidated by other teams and working on your team idea till last moment
The presentation should be given to a person who is best at expressing 1) what you did 2) how the solution is innovative 3) how it is relevant and useful to challenge
Lastly have fun hacking. People who have fun hacking generally tend to be better hackers.
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