What a terrible, terrible post. Before getting to the actual content itself, the structure of this "article" is by itself horrendous. Not only do you say that this isn't clickbait, but you don't answer the question either. Why should I lose at a hackathon?
"To conclude, winning cool prizes and swag can be motivating and fun, so I recommend analyzing the prize categories, prizes, and other opportunities at a hackathon before creating your strategy. A healthy balance is always a good idea; at the end of the day, make sure you’ve had fun and maybe (just maybe ;)) learned something!"
There is no answer. This article is all over the place. There is no structure.
To address the content - I honestly believe that this is utter bullshit. Not only have you completely failed to convince me to lose a hackathon, you've also made me realize that there are people like you who exist in the world who actually think losing is okay. I've participated in my fair share of hackathons back in my university days and won/lost a good number of them. I can guarantee that winning helped me 100% of the time more than losing. Not only did I get money, I got much more recognition from my professors, had higher chances of joining companies and always significantly stood out compared to the students who were in my classes.
What did losing do? Sure, I learnt about new ideas from the winners - but compared to the times I won, the advantages of winning greatly outweighed the "advantages" of losing.
Who curates this crap? Are you trying to justify a recent loss and are you thinking that it's fine to lose? Of course, participation is key - and as long as you learnt something, you progressed as you rightly said. I'm actually in major disbelief that someone actually wrote something like this. My jaws are on the floor. Literal. Cringe.
What a terrible, terrible post. Before getting to the actual content itself, the structure of this "article" is by itself horrendous. Not only do you say that this isn't clickbait, but you don't answer the question either. Why should I lose at a hackathon?
"To conclude, winning cool prizes and swag can be motivating and fun, so I recommend analyzing the prize categories, prizes, and other opportunities at a hackathon before creating your strategy. A healthy balance is always a good idea; at the end of the day, make sure you’ve had fun and maybe (just maybe ;)) learned something!"
There is no answer. This article is all over the place. There is no structure.
To address the content - I honestly believe that this is utter bullshit. Not only have you completely failed to convince me to lose a hackathon, you've also made me realize that there are people like you who exist in the world who actually think losing is okay. I've participated in my fair share of hackathons back in my university days and won/lost a good number of them. I can guarantee that winning helped me 100% of the time more than losing. Not only did I get money, I got much more recognition from my professors, had higher chances of joining companies and always significantly stood out compared to the students who were in my classes.
What did losing do? Sure, I learnt about new ideas from the winners - but compared to the times I won, the advantages of winning greatly outweighed the "advantages" of losing.
Who curates this crap? Are you trying to justify a recent loss and are you thinking that it's fine to lose? Of course, participation is key - and as long as you learnt something, you progressed as you rightly said. I'm actually in major disbelief that someone actually wrote something like this. My jaws are on the floor. Literal. Cringe.