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How many high school "CEOs" are there in the HH community? I think that tells a lot about the type of people that are attracted to HH.

However, I don't think a gross generalization of people who go to hackathons (possibly competitively) is very accurate. A lot of people in the hackathon community are making actually cool things beyond just sticking APIs together, and there are many who can not program at all.

WRT selection for a hackathon. When thousands more apply than spots are available for, there is going to be competition. A lot of the hackathons realized they were not being inclusive enough and began initiatives to change that. That type of responsibility is exactly what they should have done.