wvUcode

[Nikola Janevski]

ACM@WVU this year is introducing wvUcode.

U suck at coding - come and learn.
U are so-so in coding - come and improve your skills.
U are good at coding - get ready for competing.

We'll be solving interesting problems for different programming
competitions. We have a large set of problems with different
difficulties. There are very easy problems (at the level of CS110) and
more challenging ones (at the level of CS221) and very difficult (at
the level of genius). Even if you are terrible at coding come and join
us and we'll help you.

Solving problems from programming competitions helps you improve you
problem solving skills and your programming skills. Also, a lot of
good companies at the job interview ask you to solve problems similar
to the one we will be solving. In addition, if you compete in
competitions and win, it's something to put on your CV and plus earn a
reward (Ex. $10.000 for Google Code Jam).

BTW, the event ends up at 10:00 pm so you can go and enjoy the
delicious free food and movies at UpAllNight at the Lair or you can
just go out with your friends and have fun.

Location: Chitwood Hall (Downtown next to Woodburn) Room: G1
Time: 8:00pm-10:00pm
Date: Friday, October 21, 2011

Here is a link to the event on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=233914183332277

Hope to see you all there,
Nikola Janevski

[Tim Bielawa]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Nikola Janevski <njan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ACM@WVU this year is introducing wvUcode.
>
> U suck at coding - come and learn.
> U are so-so in coding - come and improve your skills.
> U are good at coding - get ready for competing.
>
> We'll be solving interesting problems for different programming
> competitions. We have a large set of problems with different
> difficulties. There are very easy problems (at the level of CS110) and
> more challenging ones (at the level of CS221) and very difficult (at
> the level of genius). Even if you are terrible at coding come and join
> us and we'll help you.
>
> Solving problems from programming competitions helps you improve you
> problem solving skills and your programming skills. Also, a lot of
> good companies at the job interview ask you to solve problems similar
> to the one we will be solving. In addition, if you compete in
> competitions and win, it's something to put on your CV and plus earn a
> reward (Ex. $10.000 for Google Code Jam).

I think it is interesting you posted this an hour before Slashdot posted this:

http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/10/20/2025241/Gnarly-Programming-Challenges-Help-Recruit-Coders?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=facebook

"George Anders writes that companies like Facebook are finding that
old-fashioned hiring channels aren't paying off fast enough and are
publishing gnarly programming challenges and inviting engineers
anywhere to solve them. 'We developed this theory that occasionally
there were these brilliant people out there who hadn't found their way
to Silicon Valley,' says Facebook engineer Yishan Wong who volunteered
to draft puzzles so hard that he couldn't solve them."

--
--Tim Bielawa
http://lnx.cx

[Nikola Janevski]

Thanks Tim,

We have one more site to add to our list. I totally agree that it is a
great idea to find good engineers. For my first job (at Ericsson
Mobile Platforms) few of the job interview questions involved solving
programming challenges. Also, I believe that Google offers jobs to the
people that get to the final round of Google Code Jam.

We hope we can turn wvUcode into a fun event.

Sincerely,
Nikola


On Oct 20, 5:37 pm, Tim Bielawa <timbiel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Nikola Janevski <njane...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ACM@WVU this year is introducing wvUcode.
>
> > U suck at coding - come and learn.
> > U are so-so in coding - come and improve your skills.
> > U are good at coding - get ready for competing.
>
> > We'll be solving interesting problems for different programming
> > competitions. We have a large set of problems with different
> > difficulties. There are very easy problems (at the level of CS110) and
> > more challenging ones (at the level of CS221) and very difficult (at
> > the level of genius). Even if you are terrible at coding come and join
> > us and we'll help you.
>
> > Solving problems from programming competitions helps you improve you
> > problem solving skills and your programming skills. Also, a lot of
> > good companies at the job interview ask you to solve problems similar
> > to the one we will be solving. In addition, if you compete in
> > competitions and win, it's something to put on your CV and plus earn a
> > reward (Ex. $10.000 for Google Code Jam).
>
> I think it is interesting you posted this an hour before Slashdot posted this:
>

> http://developers.slashdot.org/story/11/10/20/2025241/Gnarly-Programm...

[Joseph Yaworski]

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I'm glad this generated discussion.

We're really pushing this event. We need to be competitive. Activities
with others like ourselves are the best way to prepare for a life of
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[Tim Bielawa]

Looks like wikipedia is having a programming contest too!

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ContestWelcome/October_2011_Coding_Challenge

-- Tim