It's off-putting to me too, and I fall into a category of overrepresented people in the industry (straight, white, male). The pointlessness of this "perk" is w

It's off-putting to me too, and I fall into a category of overrepresented people in the industry (straight, white, male). The pointlessness of this "perk" is what bugs me the most. It's an API hackathon - how is it relevant to include a statement that basically says: "nothing better than hawt women bringing you beer, amirite?" That sort of copy has the target demographic of potential Hooters customers, not programmers.