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by muzani
1755 days ago
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This is exactly what hackathons try to do. It doesn't really work because the best incentive is internal. Governments have plenty of external incentives, but that's just not as good as skilled person with enough drive and a weekend. |
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I agree that the best incentive is internal, but wasn't following that hackathons don't work, as I find them tremendous, where space is made for unusual work to be done. Especially awesome if that environment and time is made by your employer.
Then I realized that the 'it' which doesn't work are the prize incentives, etc. This was also found to be true in hackathons I've participated in, where there was a trend toward more effort being put into the presentation of the work rather than the work itself. Upon recognizing the pattern, the formula was changed without placements/prizes, but that seems too far the other way as good work still should be recognized and shared in some way.