Hi, this has been the first year I participated in the HACC and I thought I would give some feedback. But first I think overall HACC is a great idea and it has been mostly a positive experance.
To give a bit of perspective of where this feedback are coming from, I'm a professional software developer and I work 40+ hours a week at my job. My time spent on the hackathon was a few evenings and weekends.
I'm coming at this thinking the state wants viable solutions to issues it currently has, as the primary goal. The state wants help support and educate developers in the community, as a secondary goal. Finally the state wants to help people create a business and monetize their solutions, as a tertiary goal. This is my perspective and my understanding based on being involved in the HACC so far and having friends that were involved last year.
- Overall there could be a lot of improvements to the HACC, some small, some large.
- Overall the process could be a lot more productive than it currently i