Facebook's Hackathons Get a Rethink 49
itwbennett writes "They'll still be all-night coding sessions, but starting with this week's 'Project Mayhem' event, there are a few notable changes. First, they're longer — starting at 11 a.m. Thursday and continuing until 2 p.m. Friday. And coding through the night is optional. 'It's like, "let's take this day off to do this, and then if I need to get more done, we can hang out and finish at night,"' said Facebook engineering manager Pedram Keyani, who organizes the hackathons."
In other news... (Score:2, Insightful)
Facebook now gets nothing done, and has fallen the way of Myspace.
hackathon? (Score:5, Insightful)
Is this a "hackathon" or a let's work our employees ragged just before the weekend because we know they have no lives outside of our company? The hackathon is a time-honored tradition amongst hobbyists. When done by professionals, it's not cool, it's exploitative.
Re:hackathon? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:hope (Score:5, Insightful)
It's a shame you don't enjoy your job enough to want to do it.
I do. I also want to get paid fairly for it.
Enjoying my job is no excuse for letting my employer abuse me.
Re:hackathon? (Score:2, Insightful)
If it's actually optional, why would you join a hackathon run by your employer, when there are so many other hackathons in the Bay Area? Are you some kind of cultist whose entire life, including their off-work hours, revolves around their employer? Why not go to SuperHappyDevHouse rather than a Facebook hackathon?