January 2018
Beginner
192 pages
4h 34m
English
On a Friday in May 2012, Mark Zuckerberg gathered his employees in Facebook’s brand new headquarters for what was labeled as a not-to-be-missed-event. People were sure that Zuckerberg was going to discuss the transformative event: Facebook’s IPO. However, the subject of IPO was only briefly mentioned, and the meeting was devoted to discussing goals and priorities for the year. On May 18, 2012, exactly 12 days after the meeting, Facebook went public. It was a Friday and Facebook celebrated its IPO in an unconventional way: having its 31st Hackathon. “Stay Focused and Keep Hacking” was a motto. Thousands of people gathered equipped with their laptops to code. Even though during Hackathons people don’t work in a traditional ...