google code jam
by Really wish I had more time for this, I signed up and it's really interesting how it's setup. Use Perl, C#, C++, and Java to code against different problems, then get your code scored and tested and bashed by someone else.
http://www.topcoder.com/pl/?&module=Static&d1=google04&d2=overview
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I have an autorun script that would dominate ALL! its soo simplistic and yet, complex at the same time.... it EVEN pops open the cd rom drive!
Yeah I want to compete but I'm afraid of looking absolutely ridiculous.
I did a couple of contests in high school, one was a group all day contest that ended out horribly, got like 7th out of 11 schools, and it was so disappointing how much I didn't know yet, especially in design and modularizing (tasking a part for each person) since I was more for coding all myself at the time. Then another I got second and fourth for a library I created to communicate through a file with numerous peers and made games that it worked with.
But this is like insane, I just know some 12 year old would kill me, I hate that.
yeah, these contests are pretty cool. i messed around with the try out a few years ago, and the idea is really neat.
but, yeah, time is an issue. i wonder how well i'd do, anyway