So a certain person (who shall remain nameless) managed to get me into the Dreamforce Hackathon for a couple hours….it was quite the enlightening experience. I saw many things:
I saw Adam Seligman…live and in the flesh. I’ve been connected to him through Twitter and the Success Community for a few years, but never had the pleasure of shaking his hand, until now.
I saw Reid Carlberg…I’ve met him before, but it was great to see him again….same goes for Josh Birk.
I saw Pat Patterson…never had the pleasure in person, and can never say that about him again!
I saw April Nassi, but of course she’d be there! She’s the queen of the Developer Community!
But enough about people. That’s not what the Hackathon is about.
It’s about creativity and passion.
I saw plenty of that. There were dozens upon dozens of teams of developers coding away at what could become the next best thing since sliced bread. There were men and women of every shape, size, color and ethnic background, all striving towards the same goal…building a great App. It was an awesome thing to witness.
One other thing I noticed there, besides people eating and coding, coding and coding, sleeping and coding (or perhaps dreaming about coding) was another fine example of what the Salesforce community is all about. It’s people helping people, sharing ideas, sharing knowledge.
Sure, this is a competition, and a few people are going to win some serious cash, and others will just leave the Hackathon with a cool new App, and some sleep deprivation, but from the outside looking in, it’s all awesome, and has inspired me to dig into the world of the Developers.
One last thing, before I close out this post:
I hope the Dreamforce Hackathon continues for many years to come!