How do you think the hackathon landscape is going to change over the next 10 years?
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2025 4:16 am
We have a 10-year study of sponsor technology adoption. We found that the technologies that were present at hackathons are incredibly sticky with developers when they learn them. We were able to show that over a 10-year time horizon, developers preferred a specific cloud platform that was being promoted by MLH at those events, almost two to one compared to their peers in future cohorts, where it was a different partner. Not only that, but it was sticky for years after graduation.
We also found that about 37% of our jordan telegram screening alumni had introduced a technology that they learned at a hackathon into production at work at their first job out of school.
Brandon: I think that it's going to be a function of where technology is heading. And that AI is such an important part of that.
I think that software development will only get bigger and more accessible. As a result of these technologies, I think there are going to be more people joining hackathons. There are going to be more people making stuff. There'll be more people making applications the same way that it has happened with the internet, mobile phones, and others.
We also found that about 37% of our jordan telegram screening alumni had introduced a technology that they learned at a hackathon into production at work at their first job out of school.
Brandon: I think that it's going to be a function of where technology is heading. And that AI is such an important part of that.
I think that software development will only get bigger and more accessible. As a result of these technologies, I think there are going to be more people joining hackathons. There are going to be more people making stuff. There'll be more people making applications the same way that it has happened with the internet, mobile phones, and others.