24 hours. One arena. Hundreds of teams. HackYeah returns on 4-5 October 2025, to TAURON Arena Kraków as the largest in-person hackathon in Europe. And although it looks like a “coding marathon,” in reality, it’s a soft skills lab: teamwork, communication, creativity, and pitching. These are the skills that determine whether a great idea becomes a working product and whether a team can convince the jury.
Why is a hackathon a perfect place to develop soft skills?
Recent studies emphasize that hackathons are a form of experiential learning: short sprints, real-world time and resource constraints, and the need for rapid decision-making and iteration. The result? Improved collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving skills – under conditions closely resembling real projects.
- Research shows that multi-day hackathons enhance participants’ creativity, collaboration, and teamwork.
- Analyses also indicate that hackathons increase engagement, creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving.
- Case studies highlight noticeable improvements in collaboration and communication skills after participating in a hackathon.
Interdisciplinary IT teams – a winning standard
Modern IT projects require diverse skill sets: not only from developers but also from UX/UI designers, testers, analysts, and project managers. Hackathon trend reports for 2025 clearly show that multidisciplinary teams have an edge in delivering valuable projects. HackYeah’s format supports this model: you choose your tasks in advance, but full details are revealed only on-site. Additionally, you have constant access to mentor support and inspiring talks.
4 key soft skills you’ll develop at a hackathon
- Collaboration and Communication
Working in a team under tight deadlines, receiving real-time feedback, and clearly defining roles help develop effective communication, collaboration, and accountability. - Creativity and Critical Thinking
Rapid idea generation, hypothesis testing, and eliminating low-value features teach working under pressure and making fast decisions. - Project and Time Management
Defining an MVP, setting priorities, and establishing success criteria under extreme time constraints. - Pitching and Storytelling
Preparing and delivering a short demo that convinces the jury – and potential investors – of your project’s value. Clear and effective presentation of ideas in practice.
Your skills in action
Participating in a hackathon is a real soft skills boot camp. Participants learn to collaborate, make quick decisions, and communicate effectively in teams of developers, designers, and testers. In practice, this means quickly generating ideas, testing solutions, and eliminating low-value features – just like in the real world, only more intense.
For HackYeah partners and brands, it’s an opportunity to see mature projects, build credible employer branding, and observe candidates in action – in situations demanding creativity, collaboration, and rapid problem-solving. It’s a space where any idea can take flight, and relationships with participants translate into real benefits for companies.
Don’t sleep, cooperate – that’s HackYeah
A hackathon is an intense adventure where participants develop skills just as important as technical knowledge: collaboration, creativity, management, and presentation abilities. Thanks to the 24-hour sprint format, everyone leaves the event richer in experiences that will truly help in IT work – and not just in theory!
Join HackYeah on 4-5 October at TAURON Arena Kraków and see how, in a single weekend, you can develop your soft, technical, and presentation skills in practice. Here, you code, collaborate, create, and… Sometimes (don’t) sleep – but you always gain experience.
