{"id":2312,"date":"2013-07-31T14:45:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T14:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/life-lessons-learned-at-our-annual-hackathon\/"},"modified":"2018-05-29T19:04:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T19:04:49","slug":"life-lessons-learned-at-our-annual-hackathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/life-lessons-learned-at-our-annual-hackathon\/","title":{"rendered":"11 LESSONS LEARNED AT OUR ANNUAL HACKATHON"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hack (n.):  A clever or elegant technical accomplishment, especially one with a playful bent.<\/em><\/p>\n

For the third year in a row, Bigstock joined forces with Shutterstock<\/a> for a 24-Hour Hackathon. The Hackathon is an annual event when coworkers team up to work on projects they’d like to see come into fruition … in a day. The respective projects must benefit our customers, contributors, and company in some way, and need to be completed in this mandatory timeframe.<\/span><\/p>\n

After an intense twenty-four hour period, each team then presents their hacks to the entire company. Winners are chosen. <\/span>Lessons are learned. <\/span>People are tired. <\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some big takeaways from last Thursday’s Hackathon.<\/span><\/p>\n

#1. The writing really is on the wall. <\/strong> Posters like this one were scattered throughout the office, prepping us for a hard day’s night. <\/span>(Another favorite: Working the late Shift.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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#2. Safety first.<\/strong>  Nerf gun wars were aplenty. Here, our ever-resourceful office manager, Allyn, assumes the position. (It’s about survival, ladies and gentleman. Survival.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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#3. Four eyes are better than two. <\/strong>When you’re about to show your work to a room filled with hundreds of your fellow coworkers, another set of eyes – or two – is essential. (Adam, left, hadn’t blinked all night.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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#4. We all scream (and push, and shove) for ice cream.<\/strong>  Arriving at 1am, this ice cream shipment didn’t stand a chance against our hungry hacking teams. (If a hefty scoop of <\/em><\/span>Dulce de Leche<\/span><\/span><\/em> doesn’t wake ’em up, nothing will.)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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#5. Mad scientists are mad for a reason.<\/strong> <\/span>When you challenge yourself to complete two weeks’ worth of work in a day, things are going to get a little tense. (Kevin’s fine. Really.)<\/em><\/span>
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#6. Sweet dreams are made of this.<\/strong> We were like kids in a candy store, as gummy bears and more were presented as midnight snacks. (Sustenance is key.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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#7. Listen to your body.<\/strong> The below photo was taken at 4am. (Poor Nick is all hacked out.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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#8. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.<\/strong> Ryan, our rambunctious receptionist, had some fun with a miniature paper version of our CEO, Jon Oringer, and popped the prop into pictures throughout the Hackathon, as seen below. (For the full experience, use hashtag #oringeradventures on Twitter, while it lasts.) <\/em><\/p>\n

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#9. Never pass up an opportunity to dance.<\/strong> And, if that opportunity just happens to be facing out a window for the entire office to see, so be it. (The late hour didn’t stop this team of spunky, sleep-deprived Vogue-ers.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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#10. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day <\/strong>… particularly when you’ve been up for over 24 hours straight. (Fear not, we also had thick fruit smoothies to help wash these babies down.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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#11. Winning isn’t everything<\/strong>, but it feels awesome. An esteemed panel of judges selected winning teams within a handful of categories. (Natalia would like to thank her publicist, and all of the little people.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Thus concludes our Hackathon 2013 Recap. Congrats to all of the participants and winners! See you next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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