Long story short, in order to raise the morale of a remote team, let them shift attention away from routine tasks and have some fun. We as a team are what we do. That is why we should do something interesting altogether. Remote work is not a blocker.
This is a story of how I organized a hackathon for an IT company located in Malaysia during the first several months of the COVID pandemic. The game was all about Linux administration, troubleshooting, and penetration testing skills. Essentially it gave room to participate to all employees: from juniors in tech support up to senior solution architects.
