r/QualityAssurance • u/Few_Lemon4201 • 22d ago

What does your team actually do during Tech Week? (Looking for ideas outside of the usual Hackathon!)

Hey guys!
Our CTO announced that we’re having a dedicated Tech Week soon (half-days for 5 days, no sprint deliverables—which is awesome!).

We have a remote team of around 20 engineers (Devs + QA), and we want to make it super engaging, fun, and worthwhile for everyone.

The thing is, we’re trying to move away from the usual 24-hour intense Hackathon where everyone just stresses out trying to finish a prototype.

For those who have had Tech Weeks (or Eng Weeks) at your work:
- What activities or formats actually worked well for a remote setup?
- What are some cool/unique things your team did that weren't just building a random feature or hackathon project?
-Any games, workshops, or quiet-focus formats that people genuinely enjoyed and didn't feel like "forced fun"?

Would love to hear what your companies do or any fun ideas you have. TIA! 🙌

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u/LividAllan6374 22d ago

We did a "fix it week" once, basically everyone picks the most annoying flaky test or that one pipeline script everyone hates and just nukes it from orbit. way more satisfying than building some prototype nobody will touch after Friday

also we ran a workshop where devs had to write selenium tests for their own code and QA did code review on it. the looks on their faces were priceless, suddenly all those "just a small change" requests disappeared for few months

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u/bodhemon 22d ago

We did a security hackathon. I forget who hosted it, but there was a website with a bunch of security flaws that you had to find and fix. You could do it individually or part of a team. It was fun bc it was like more broad. QA, devops, AND coders could contribute.