HackconEU: Hackathons are for Hackers

Tim Messerschmidt
Head of Developer Relations, International
Braintree
@Braintree_Dev / @SeraAndroid
Hackcon EU
Hackathons are for Hackers
#HackconEU

Developer Relations in a Nutshell

@Braintree_Dev / @SeraAndroid#HackconEU
+ Braintree
since 2013

Where do Hackathons come from?
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon

What’s The Purpose For Attendees?

The Purpose For Organisations:
Internal vs External Hackathons

2 initiatives from PayPal:
Lab Rats & CharityHack

Source: Picture by Martin Cunningham http://flic.kr/p/8CceuS

Source: Picture by Martin Cunningham http://flic.kr/p/e196or

CharityHack crowd during presentations 2012

Hackeroni - a PayPal internal hackathon in Richmond

Lab Rats - PayPal’s innovation contest in San Jose

How not to run Hackathons

What makes a Good hackathon?

Drinks, Food and Snacks!

Event Managers: The Polish we didn’t know

Encourage a healthy environment

Enforce a respectful environment

Working with Partners / Sponsors

Equipment that makes presenters shine!

Rehearsals

Demo Time

Watch your tone and don’t be too negative

Celebrate Success and a great time

Treat everybody like a winner

Give away some actual prizes…

The Hack Code of Conduct:
hackcodeofconduct.org
The Hack Day Manifesto:
hackdaymanifesto.com
Useful Resources

@SeraAndroid
tim@getbraintree.com
slideshare.com/paypal
braintreepayments.com/developers
Thank you

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