Re: [CHC] New Opportunity - Hackathon

[Cory Kaufman-Schofield]

First of all, my apologies to everyone; somehow the moderation checkbox got turned off for non-members. 

Second of all, Alan: your response is not appropriate for this list. There is no reason you can't be civil while expressing your feelings regarding hackathons.

I'm going to lock this threat; if anyone would like to continue this discussion, please do so elsewhere. If anyone has questions or concerns, they may contact me privately at co...@corykaufman.com.

On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Alan Gutierrez <al...@prettyrobots.com> wrote:

Are we doing something about spam on the mailing list? Getting spam messages is really annoying. I hate when they ask for my money, but when they ask me to attend an event where I'm supposed to work, for free, it is beyond annoying. SPARK is already painfully annoying. Tis is the sort of behavior you can expect from them, but there is something about the wording and the spamming that exceeds my expectations. This is something more than annoying. Hats off to SPARK.

As a reminder, instead of competing for cash prizes, you can work for cash money, under contract and send anyone who refuses to pay to a collection agency, just to make a point. NEVER work without getting paid, unless it is your own venture. You make a fool of yourself and our entire developer community.

Seriously, Hack-a-thons are of no use for your career development. The are ridiculous spectacles of toil. You are pathetic, exhausted little fish in someone's weekend aquarium. It's obvious from this email that they mean to put you on display.

Do you really want to expose yourself to a business community that expects you to work for free in exchange for, what? Their recognition?
Why do you want to expose yourself to these people? They are the dumb money. Smart money doesn't want hobo programmers who are going to work for a pat on the head.

Please pass around the information that the imbeciles at SPARK expect us to work for free to impress their imbecile California counterparts.

Now, everyone, please watch this presentation by Mike Monteiro about the business side of digitial/creative:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkLVRt6c1U

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Alan Gutierrez ~ @bigeasy

Alissa Carpenter wrote:

Hello,

My name is Alissa Carpenter and I am the events manager for Ann Arbor
SPARK. I wanted to share an exciting opportunity with you as everyone
copied on this email has been identified as an influencer in the
hacker/coder community.

SPARK will be hosting a hackathon on April 4th/5th in conjunction with
NestGSV, an innovation incubator in Silicon Valley. We want to show them
that Michigan has the talent to compete and bring home some major cash
prizes when pegged head to head with our California counterparts. What
we are hoping is that you will be able to share the email invitation I
am about to send you with your networks.

The email invite will have more details regarding time, registration,
and theme but if you have any other questions, please feel free to reach
out.

Any help in spreading the word is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

**

*Alissa Carpenter*

Events Manager
Ann Arbor SPARK
330 E. Liberty St., Lower Level
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Direct: 734.372.4071

Fax: 734.623.8289

Advancing the economy of the Ann Arbor Region

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