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# Being a judge at Hack4Tomorrow hackathon

I was fortunate to be invited as a Judge for the Hack4Tomorrow hackathon conducted by Excel 2023

This was a nice new experience.

From participating in hackathons to Organizing them to now finally Judging one!

<figure><img src="/files/evvz6l7ZQ9ceXwzRnm6g" alt=""><figcaption><p>With Rindish Krishna, Afnan, Vishruth, and Abid Omar - my fellow judges. Cool people</p></figcaption></figure>

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It was a good hackathon. Nice projects

After discussing among the judges, we finalized a few projects for the prize money. But I felt a bit sad thinking of the other teams who didn't win. I don't think I'd want to go into judging again if possible. The judges may have valid reasons to select certain projects, but it's hard for other participants to directly understand them I feel. Especially since they spent so much effort in the past 24-48 hours on their work in the hopes to win the prize.

Since I've been on both sides, I personally would prefer to stay against judging I think.


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