Ranveer Aggarwal
Hello all!
As many of you might know, Google Code Jam is an international programming competition hosted and administered by Google. The competition began in 2003 as a means to identify top engineering talent for potential employment at Google. The competition consists of a set of algorithmic problems which must be solved in a fixed amount of time. Competitors may use any programming language and development environment to obtain their solutions. It’s highly prestigious and equally gruelling.
Google Code Jam takes place over the course of multiple Rounds, fixed time frames in which contestants compete to solve a set of algorithmic problems. Rounds take place at scheduled times. Contestants who do well enough in a round advance to future rounds, until the finals, in which the champion is decided. Rounds are of different lengths, varying from 2 hours to 4 hours; except for the Qualification Round, which lasts 27 hours.
The qualification round has some pretty trivial problems and even those who are new to the world of algorithms can get through.
The qualification rounds will kick off at 4:30 AM tomorrow (Saturday) according to IST. I’d like to encourage all of you to take part.
Here are a few links to get you started: