Hack Day Paris: a 40-hour R&D marathon on November 4-6

http://hackdayparis.org

by tbassetto • 15 years ago

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narkee• 15 years ago

Isn't the term R&D being overused?

I don't think any research actually happens. Almost by definition, hacking and building things is just development.

motdiem• 15 years ago

R&D is commonly swapped with 'devs' in French companies

tripa2• 15 years ago

For fiscal reasons.

skylar• 15 years ago

Good point. It's intended more as a metaphor. Arguably, most companies' R&D departments are little more than "development" anyway. But it is a place where experimentation & innovation is the focus. Hackathons often come out as equally effective sources of R&D compared to formal corporate divisions.

But this is Hacker News. It's a bit trite splitting hairs over the definition of "research" and "hack" here, no? :)

Amokrane2• 15 years ago

Cool, I think I'll be in! Are there any limitations regarding teams compositions? Is it [1...Inf]?

sylvinus• 15 years ago

There are no hard limits but I guess [1...4] is reasonable. Looking forward to seeing you there, feel free to ask more!

Amokrane2• 15 years ago

Thanks!

alain94040• 15 years ago

Unrelated, but if you are reading this you are probably an entrepreneur in Paris, so you should know that you can join a group of HN-minded people with the Founder Institute Paris's new session. More info at http://founderinstitute.com/apply/paris

sgentle2• 15 years ago

I'm curious about something. The website's in English (with no French translation), even though presumably all the people involved speak French.

Is this a common in the French startup scene? I remember seeing a video from TCFRecipes that was in English too...

eneveu• 15 years ago

Small data point, but we all spoke English at the first Paris Hacker Meetup ( http://parishackers.org/ ), since a few hackers weren't French. This might have been biased, since most people were HN, and HN is in English...

ParisJUG (Paris Java User Group) is in French, but we sometimes have foreign speakers giving talks in English.

That being said, developers usually know English better, since English is the lingua franca of development.

ovi2562• 15 years ago

English is very fashionable in France, and has been for some while. And most people who went to college will speak it, quite well. Many French startups, if not most, target the wider market, not just France, so English is a must for them.

mtrn• 15 years ago

Nice. I guess I'll take a visit to Paris.

Hack Day Paris: a 40-hour R&D marathon on November 4-6

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