No, I don&#x27;t recommend anyone but students attend hackathons.  The first problem is they are usually badly executed with limited seating and very bad food.  Secondly, no professional is going to allow themselves to be compared with amateurs.  All a pro will get out of a hackathon is probably to look like an amateur and to be shown up by someone who has a lot of shortcuts up their sleeves.   Thirdly, hackathons don&#x27;t represent real world software development in which it can take weeks to roll out basic features.  Only by working ahead before the competition do people complete hackathon projects in a short amount of time.