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Overall Experience: A total waste of time. I wouldn’t sign up ever again, not even for a million dollars. Frankly, I am amazed by the teams that managed to obtain any tangible results at all; thank God at least the
KEY SNAGS
Information Poorly Disseminated: Announcements were dumped in lengthy paragraphs on Telegram, thus making it near impossible to discern pertinent details. Critical stuff, like the need for a thumb drive to present solutions if selected as a finalist, were conveniently left out ENTIRELY. To make matters worse, finalists were announced on the spot without prior notice.
Information Poorly Disseminated: Announcements were dumped in lengthy paragraphs on Telegram, thus making it near impossible to discern pertinent details. Critical stuff, like the need for a thumb drive to present solutions if selected as a finalist, were conveniently left out ENTIRELY. To make matters worse, finalists were announced on the spot without prior notice.
Utter Disrespect for Participants: Teams were threatened with disqualification if even one member missed the training session predating the actual competition, the reminder itself being dispatched only one day before. On top of that, the hackathon itself was scheduled on a school day, with no advice or consideration given whatsoever for participants who have classes to attend therein. Additionally, a finalist shall be disqualified if the entire team fails to turn up. (which many teams eventually didn't, probably because they have had enough of this bullshit lol).
Mistakes, Mistakes Everywhere: Essential instructions came buried in a buggy, raw HTML file participants were forced to compile and debug just to get the ball rolling, this when the competition claims to be BEGINNER-FRIENDLY. The instructions themselves btw would make you want to gnaw your arm off - riddled with unclear phrasing, typos, incorrect step orders, nonsensical math etc. Besides, the so-called "training session" turned out darn unhelpful, tainted with irrelevant human chatter whilst completely glossing over maritime terminology deemed crucial for making thorough sense of the challenge's requirements.
More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2025/01/this-years-nus-maritime-hackathon.html
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