# Hackathon

Skill · Software Development and Engineering Practices

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/hackathon

A hackathon is a time-boxed event, typically lasting 24 to 48 hours, where programmers, designers, and entrepreneurs collaborate intensively to build a working prototype or solve a specific problem. Companies and universities host them for recruiting, innovation, and team-building, and participants often compete for prizes while gaining experience with new tools and rapid prototyping.

Related skills: [Team Collaboration](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/team-collaboration)

## Open roles requiring Hackathon (0)

None of the roles we have read name this skill yet. A large share of the visible corpus has not been parsed for skills, so this is at least as likely to be our backlog as the market's verdict.