Google Code Jam 2008 – Participate, win prizes worth $80,000 and be a Top Coder

Jun 24, 2008 by Abbas

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Google Code Jam is one of the most popular events on the Tech World’s calendar. Real talented, smart, intelligent coders who think out of the box participate in the event to demonstrate their skills.

Here is an overview of the contest:
Contests may vary in duration, ranging from 1.5 hours to 3 hours with the Qualification Round lasting 24 hours. Each contest consists of three to six algorithmic problems. The problem statement will be an HTML file, possibly containing images. It will include one or more sample test cases and will have two input/output sets, one small and one large. There will be an assigned point value next to each input/output set.

Click here to read more about how Code Jam works.

Key Dates of the Contest:

Jun 17	Registration Begins
Jul 16	24 hr Qualification Round Begins
Jul 17	Registration Deadline
Jul 17	24 hr Qualification Round Ends
Jul 25	Online Round 1: Sub-Rounds Begin
Jul 31	Online Round 1: Sub-Rounds End
Aug 2	Online Round 2
Aug 9	Online Round 3
Sep 22	Onsite Locals – Asia Pacific
Sep 29	Onsite Locals – Americas
Oct 6	Onsite Locals – Europe, Middle East, Africa
Nov 14	Onsite Finals

Prizes worth $80,000 are to be won and the best coders will certainly fight it out to win the prize. If you want to be one of the winners click on the image below to register right away. Registrations closes in about 22 days from today.

Nerds received an e-mail today from the Code Jam team to spread the word in Indian tech community. Do go through the following e-mail as it has more details about the contest and also spread the word about the contest.

"Do you find yourself debugging in your sleep? Enjoy solving tough problems and grappling with technical challenges? Then enter Google Code Jam and compete for more than $80,000 in cash prizes!

Google Code Jam is an annual competition in which programmers like you are challenged to solve complex coding problems in a limited amount of time – using any programming language or tools you like.

We began offering Google Code Jam in 2003 – on a platform powered by TopCoder – in order to support competitive programming around the world. This year, for the first time, we’re producing the contest on a homemade platform developed by Google’s own developers.

Here’s how it works: First, you’ll need to register from Tuesday, June 17 through Thursday, July 17. Then, you’ll compete against global contestants in the online rounds during July and August. The Top 500 will advance to compete in one of our Google offices around the world in September/October for regional competitions. Finally, the Top 100 will compete in the coding showdown on November 14, 2008, at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California.

To learn more details and to register, please visit: code.google.com/codejam

We hope to see you at the Finals!

Sincerely,

Google’s Code Jam Team

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Participate in Google’s algorithmic coding contest for programmers: code.google.com/codejam"