[isaacaderogba]

I'm not sure the perks are what encouraged me to apply in the first place. They always sort of felt like a nice add-on. Rather, it was for validation that what I was building seemed valuable. Perhaps this ties in to your status signalling point.

Also, it was refreshing to be able to compete on weekly progress as opposed to writing some lengthy business application.

[danial]

Validation of product is useful. Makes sense, thanks.