While most any hacker will tell you that they are looking to the future with their big ideas, many hacks simply don't come to fruition at hackathon competitions or fall to the wayside only weeks after the excitement has died down. Why? What is the main factor leading to this? Over the past hackathons I have attended as a volunteer and graphic designer and have been inspired by seeing new hackers rise rapidly to the top while extremely talented students flounder and fail to achieve a finished product.
For my rather unorthodox 'hack' I decided to begin a larger project of getting into the minds and actions of fellow attendees to figure out what group dynamics make groups work or what causes them to fail. My hackathon began with delving into articles of group psychology, then spending time spent mingling with and recording current hackers in a casual video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LnipQwllHw
After speaking with many experienced hackers about my the untapped potential of helping to form more successful groups, I spent the rest of my time preparing a unique survey to measure group dynamics, perception of the group, and focus of the vision. This is a beta survey which will be revised over the next semester and will be rereleased at the next MHacks hackathon. This project will culminate in my senior honors thesis.
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