What is a Hackathon?
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- Опубліковано 18 гру 2018
- What is a hackathon?
A hackathon is an innovation competition where people come together to build products that solve challenges. They typically take place over the course of a weekend, but can be either longer or shorter and run any time of the week.
The name hackathon comes from the words hack (a term used in the software community that means building novel solutions to challenges), and marathon (which is a long-distance running race that harkens back to Greece).
Hackathons can take many forms and there isn’t one set formula. But, there are commonalities that many share in how they’re structured and run. For instance, there’s typically a topic area that is the focus of the hackathon and a set of challenges and tools, such as APIs or hardware, made available to the participants. In terms of agenda, the run of events usually goes something like this:
- The participants gather.
- Those with ideas for solutions to the challenge pitch their ideas to their fellow hackers, and mention the types of skills they they’re looking for to form a team, and try to recruit folks to their team.
- Everyone breaks into teams and gets hacking.
- Often expert mentors come through to provide guidance and support.
- At the end the teams demo their creations to their peers and a panel of judges.
- Winners are selected and awards distributed.
- All the while, copious amounts of caffeine are consumed, with invariably at least a few teams that hack straight through the night or sleep on site.
A common misconception is that a hackathon can only be a software development competition. While these are certainly the most common, hackathons can also center around hardware or even the creation of new services, processes, and workflows. And, plenty are agnostic about the means by which the challenges laid out are solved.
For instance, let’s look at an example of a hackathon. The photos you were looking at were taken by me at a hackathon I ran back in late 2016 in Brooklyn, NY with my colleagues at MD5, the Department of Defense’s technology accelerator. In this particular hackathon, we were interested in finding new ways to save people impacted by disasters around the world and manage the most effective relief response possible. With the topic of Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief in Dense Urban Environments selected, we worked with our friends at organizations like the FDNY, Columbia University, NYU, the US Army’s Strategic Studies Group, and New Lab to craft a set of real-world challenges to solve.
Me and my team just won Finnish hackathon last Friday🎉 and it was 5 days from 8am to 4pm 😊
thanks i definitely needed this...i keep hearing this over and over
Thanks for this! I'm looking to create a hackathon experience for global ministry leaders who will be gathering in Denver this summer to discuss the best ways to resource ministry leaders all over the in Gospel Advancing ministry so that they raise up a generation of young people who will reach their friends with the Gospel.
PS - my dad served in the US Army for 30+ years.
liked,, please share more of such experience
yo bro! your channel deserves much more subs than it has presently!
really you have quite well editing and content!
You are way too kind, AT! Much appreciated!
Thank you, this video helped me learned about hackathons. Trying to learn how to code in python
Pumped to hear it, Jasper! Hope your coding journey is going great!
Thank you for this information.
Could anyone suggest me a hackathon I could join as a college student having basic knowledge in C Language
IDK if your channel is even active but your face is a bit too close to the camera. Good video though
You're totally right, Bernardo! I shot this with my [very old] iPhone and a $15 backdrop that was so small that if I pulled everything back to a not-weird distance, the backdrop would be out of frame. Facepalm. Oh, the lessons you learn as a newbie! Your feedback is much appreciated and I hope to correct this issue in my next videos!
@@thepatriotfounder5527 you’re a gem
From your video i would like to know if novice can paticate with ideas on the hackathon.
What happened? This video was amazing :)
Thanks a ton, Tramar! I've been off the grid building some startups. Hoping to pull together time in the new year to make some new videos. Any topics in particular you'd like to see?
What you could work as at Microsoft
@@thepatriotfounder5527
about what jobs you could get at Microsoft
@@thepatriotfounder5527 I'm pretty new to the tech world so I don't even know what topics I'd like to hear about, lol. Maybe some videos on Linux would be awesome, I've been getting into using the different distributions
@4:31 where is the photo?
make more videos
Thanks for the encouragement! Hoping to produce some new content in the new year. Any topics you'd like to see covered?
novel way....
Certainly ... boring as hell. Why professionals have to play.
Amazing video. I have to organize a hackathon myself, and would be glad to reach out to you. Do you mind sharing your email with me