wish me luck guys :)
I'm competing in this year's worldwide Google Code Jam competition. Programmers and problem-solvers from around the world reserve themselves to solve problems that the Google gurus will pose. :p
The qualification round starts tomorrow at 8:00am Japan time ( it starts simultaneously all around the world ), and will last for 24 hours. If I get to solve at least one (of the probably four problems they'll pose), I'll qualify to move forward to Round 1 (which will be significantly harder). There will be a total of three rounds (aside from qualification) prior to the finals, and eliminations take place at each one. If I get to at least the Top 500 (qualifiers for Round 3), prizes and free travel are already assured.
We can solve the problems in whatever programming language OR manner we choose ( if we wanted to solve them by hand, we could ). I'm going to commit myself to use Visual C# for the contest as much as possible. Primarily for training and whatnot, but I find that it's also easier and faster to program in C# than in C++ (which I regularly use at work).
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8:00am in Japan means that I'll be in office. Partida na lang, boys. Malamang overtime pa ako. haha.
Please wish me the best of luck guys. :) Hopefully, I get at least a GCJ2008 t-shirt. wahahahaha :p
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for interested individuals, the contest is still open for registration.
visit the official Google Code Jam 2008 website for more details.
The qualification round starts tomorrow at 8:00am Japan time ( it starts simultaneously all around the world ), and will last for 24 hours. If I get to solve at least one (of the probably four problems they'll pose), I'll qualify to move forward to Round 1 (which will be significantly harder). There will be a total of three rounds (aside from qualification) prior to the finals, and eliminations take place at each one. If I get to at least the Top 500 (qualifiers for Round 3), prizes and free travel are already assured.
We can solve the problems in whatever programming language OR manner we choose ( if we wanted to solve them by hand, we could ). I'm going to commit myself to use Visual C# for the contest as much as possible. Primarily for training and whatnot, but I find that it's also easier and faster to program in C# than in C++ (which I regularly use at work).
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8:00am in Japan means that I'll be in office. Partida na lang, boys. Malamang overtime pa ako. haha.
Please wish me the best of luck guys. :) Hopefully, I get at least a GCJ2008 t-shirt. wahahahaha :p
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for interested individuals, the contest is still open for registration.
visit the official Google Code Jam 2008 website for more details.