None of the hackathons that I&#x27;ve gone to seemed to have any of these problems.  Hac Phi [1] in Philly and Hac Bos [2] in Boston are both fantastic and have been tremendously valuable to my career.  Last year Hac Phi started to distance themselves from the more recent connotations of the word &quot;hackathon&quot; and started using the word &quot;exchange&quot; instead.  This switch makes me a little sad because I think the portmanteau of &quot;hack&quot; and &quot;marathon&quot; is still very relevant to those events.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.haskell.org&#x2F;Hac_%CF%86" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.haskell.org&#x2F;Hac_%CF%86</a><p>[2] (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.meetup.com&#x2F;Boston-Haskell&#x2F;events&#x2F;223607923&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.meetup.com&#x2F;Boston-Haskell&#x2F;events&#x2F;223607923&#x2F;</a>)