I used to. I have made long-lasting friendships there. But I stopped a while ago.<p>I think that CS&#x2F;Engineering students should attend a couple of events like this. Everyone should get exposed these (worst) aspects of the trade before hitting corporate world. (Stress, deadlines, team-work, conflicts, unfairness, etc...)<p>I only one once (the last time I attended) and that because I learned how to &quot;play&quot;, putting more on the presentation and looks of the app than consistency or code quality. I basically made a demo not an app, and it won. This is why I stopped going.<p>[Edit]:<p>I know people that come with pre-coded modules for hackathons (especially in mobile dev), they copy-paste the codes and projects and just change a bit of the UI. They win every-time.<p>Unfair? Yes. But they hacked the hackthon system and they win, so good for them.