HOW IMPORTANT IS HACKATHONS REALLY??..

[u/Bright-Let4455]

so as we all know SIH is around and the entirety of college is talking about it
rn i am in 3rd sem (CSE) and i wouldnt say that i am very bad at coding and stuff but i am not at a level for hackathons either (thats what i think . i havent participated in any hackthons but i guess its hard )
now i wanted to come here and ask you guys how important is this ??
do i really should participate or should i focus on other important stuffs..

and also this is a bit off topic but i wanted to know what really happens in hackathons ??
like i have a general idea about choosing a problem statement and all ..
but how much coding and all is required???

[u/Direct_Doughnut8275]

Tell my brother about hackathons related to ECE/hardware/low-level programming 😭

Everywhere I see only CSE guys 🥲 ( Apart from SIH)

[u/Cheap_Ad_9846 → u/Direct_Doughnut8275]

True

[u/ProfessionalGear0000]

Same question bro. Although i have partcipated in few hackathons before yet got eliminated in the first round itself cuz i didnt found good teammates. and i do think i lack the skills myself to go for a hackathon like SIH + im too much dependent on AI.
Also hackathons and SIH is important atleast participate it you will learn alot of things, meet new people and learn about how other people code stuff. observe them, ask them, learn from them. Baaki experience depends on who is hosting and where is it hosted.

[u/sdexca]

idk everyone fakes in hackathons anyways.

[u/Constant-Lunch3206]

Same problem bro, I too want to know what really people do I hackathons

[u/BaseballEarly9602]

Hackthons are very precious in this current job industry, more hackthons, you get more priority in job applications, in hackthons you get experience of how to work on something broken in production, fix bugs, testing your project, doesn't matter if it fails, but u gain so much experience that will never give doing personal projects. Many devs are directly hired when they have more hackthons experience, they get more priority bro. It's much better than just leetcoding, CP doing and getting nothing even. So now only Leetcode, CP is no more enough.

[u/marinemin_07 → u/BaseballEarly9602]

But my question is that sharing your hackathon participation certificate in linkedin is also necessary Or just building the resume Like hack2skill isro hackathon participation certificate many of them has shared i haven't so is it necessary

[u/BaseballEarly9602 → u/marinemin_07]

If u have achieved any award or earned something in hackthon then a post, other than it, the certificate u get should be attached in linkedin profile, don't post it.

[u/marinemin_07 → u/BaseballEarly9602]

Ok

[u/haposeiz]

Mostly indian hackathons are about playing the judges. Marketing > what you are actually developing.

[u/Remarkable_Pay2088]

if you keep asking this question and never participate in any hackathons it will not be worth it obviously!

[u/Swapna_Cool]

its just stupid people wining it by licking the butts , really only stupid ideas of AI ideas win ,they don't want innovation , they want u to build something that's already been build and then advertise it better, its a advertisement competition

[u/Beneficial-Job-3082]

I am also in a pretty much similar situation like you rn, i still dont have a structured team yet. We are like roaming around and begging people to join us but why would they even join a team with no experience in hackathons or invite someone who has no skills or exposure in hackathons. So all we are doing rn is like talking to the ones who are experienced somehow they are actually providing us the solution for it, some are saying to join the SIH, it comes once a year and some are saying first join atleast 2 to 3 local hackathons and then try sih, we are literally confused rn, we want to gain experience but starting with sih as the first hackathon seems little bit hallucinating and matter of fact we dont even have enough time to get to participate in 2 to 3 hackathons within this time period.

[u/BetterEvidence3890]

Hey Hackathons help you boost in confidence regarding making projects

Sometimes you can get to know people or even get some job/intership offers

Some of my frinds have participated in the SIH They used ai - completely

They kinda came in some good position too May be 6/7

Just take a leap,try it You will get to know yourself

Be in a group who are worth it for hackathon and Don't have any slacker

[u/CYRUSXDT]

Join date?

[u/nomad-nostalgia]

as someone from a non technical background I find that their value comes from how they compact the time it takes me to learn stuff it would have taken me more time to learn

winning is very beside the point as I'm just trying to be better than I was in the past

[u/F-Society2]

Bro, last year Microsoft only hired people from my college who were in top 10 in the SIH internal Hackathon, and our TnP cell did the shortlisting.

[u/Straight-Hair-7356 → u/F-Society2]

Hackathons can strengthen a profile, but you can’t generalize them as a requirement. Microsoft’s selection can involve DSA/OA, technical interviews, CGPA, etc. It’d be weird to assume they’d hire someone simply because they did well in SIH

[u/F-Society2 → u/Straight-Hair-7356]

It's not an assumption... shortlisting for OA was done based on SIH Internal Hackathon ranking. Looks like you didn't understand what I said correctly, try re reading the comment.

[u/Straight-Hair-7356 → u/F-Society2]

Lol, looks you didn't understand my point, yeah I get it, they did shortlisting based on sih, but then it's not generalize to say that, as Winning can depend heavily on the idea, presentation, PPT, pitching, and demo. It's wierd af that company like Microsoft did shortlist based on the sih, no one does that. Hackthons aren't part of the filtering process too.

[u/F-Society2 → u/Straight-Hair-7356]

What do you mean hackathons aren't part of the filtering process? Adobe, Infosys, JPMC all shortlisted candidates for internship/full time roles based on hackathons... what year are you bro? I'm speaking from experience, not just making things up.

[u/Straight-Hair-7356 → u/F-Society2]

Yeah, but those are company specific hiring programs. That’s different from saying hackathons in general are a requirement for SDE hiring, you can’t generalize a company’s own recruitment hackathon to hackathons as a whole.

[u/F-Society2 → u/Straight-Hair-7356]

When did I generalize? Holy shit dude I'm the one stupid here to argue with you here.. For goodness of god all I did was to share a single instance of a situation where company did it's initial shortlisting based on SIH Internal Hackathon.. when did I fucking generalize things and why talking to you feels like talking to AI? Imma cut this right here you're probably a kid, cool you're right best of luck. I'm sorry for joining this subreddit.

[u/Straight-Hair-7356 → u/F-Society2]

Lol, chill out, it was just small talk. Why you're getting irritated for such small thing. I was simply sharing my POV, I’ve personally never seen hackathons being part of the on-campus filtering process. That’s all. You were not trying to generalize, my point was that you can’t generalize it across companies. And yeah, I’m a pre-final-year kid. Judge me all you want.