I was reading this article http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/and-google-code-jam-2009-champion-is.... I found the following bit very disturbing Last week, we hosted the the final round of Google Code Jam 2009<http://code.google.com/codejam/>,
the sixth iteration of our annual global programming competition. From almost 23,000 registrants in the beginning, we winnowed down the contestants<http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/google-code-jam-returns.html>to the fastest and most fervent coders. On Friday, we brought the top 23 competitors to our Mountain View headquarters for four concentrated hours of thinking, testing and trouble-shooting. The competition platform, built as a 20% project by a group of Google engineers, was powered by Google App Engine <http://code.google.com/appengine> and allowed the contestants to use the programming language of their choice. These diverse finalists represented 15 different countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Notice Africa is not mentioned there. Why is this the case? Why aren't our students participating in such initiatives?
Actually, Google Code Jam is not just for students but also for professionals, So I ask you Mr. Rad!, why did you not take part? http://code.google.com/codejam/rules.html#who_is_eligible On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
I was reading this article http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/and-google-code-jam-2009-champion-is.... I found the following bit very disturbing
Last week, we hosted the the final round of Google Code Jam 2009<http://code.google.com/codejam/>,
the sixth iteration of our annual global programming competition. From almost 23,000 registrants in the beginning, we winnowed down the contestants<http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/google-code-jam-returns.html>to the fastest and most fervent coders. On Friday, we brought the top 23 competitors to our Mountain View headquarters for four concentrated hours of thinking, testing and trouble-shooting. The competition platform, built as a 20% project by a group of Google engineers, was powered by Google App Engine <http://code.google.com/appengine> and allowed the contestants to use the programming language of their choice. These diverse finalists represented 15 different countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Notice Africa is not mentioned there. Why is this the case? Why aren't our students participating in such initiatives?
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Because I have signed a contract that prohibits me from doing so. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
Actually, Google Code Jam is not just for students but also for professionals, So I ask you Mr. Rad!, why did you not take part?
How about you try convince your employer that if you take one day in a week to contribute to an open source project, the fame that would follow you would equate to more dollars for your employer, Google does it all the time and see how many dollars they have :-) If your employer agrees, then I will do the same and use you as an additional example, that way, work on that crazy idea you floated @ the Jacaranda can start :-) On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
Because I have signed a contract that prohibits me from doing so.
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com>wrote:
Actually, Google Code Jam is not just for students but also for professionals, So I ask you Mr. Rad!, why did you not take part?
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On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
Because I have signed a contract that prohibits me from doing so.
Reminds me of this Google employee and C# Guru. http://msmvps.com/blogs/jon_skeet/archive/2009/10/01/mvp-no-more.aspx
maybe they participated as part of the 23,000...and they did not make it to the last 23.Maybe an African guy was number 24 and they only wanted 23. On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
I was reading this article http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/and-google-code-jam-2009-champion-is.... I found the following bit very disturbing
Last week, we hosted the the final round of Google Code Jam 2009<http://code.google.com/codejam/>,
the sixth iteration of our annual global programming competition. From almost 23,000 registrants in the beginning, we winnowed down the contestants<http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/google-code-jam-returns.html>to the fastest and most fervent coders. On Friday, we brought the top 23 competitors to our Mountain View headquarters for four concentrated hours of thinking, testing and trouble-shooting. The competition platform, built as a 20% project by a group of Google engineers, was powered by Google App Engine <http://code.google.com/appengine> and allowed the contestants to use the programming language of their choice. These diverse finalists represented 15 different countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Notice Africa is not mentioned there. Why is this the case? Why aren't our students participating in such initiatives?
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Rad!