Zholnin , your idea is sensational , one because it adds to the product "Google " the loyalty value. And primarily , guarantees respect for those who believe act of programming is more than a profession but a hobby. And each year participate in the tournament , whether winning or losing is part of a select group in search of fun trough algorithms . I believe this kind of competition never was intended to be a Super Ball with zillions of viewers , and on the contrary has always been the focus of people to play trough problems, solutions and codes.
Thx. 2015-02-20 16:21 GMT-02:00 Stanislav Zholnin <[email protected]>: > Google Code Jam History is getting longer and longer and I think that > there is increasing opportunity to establish a new set of prizes for > participants - not large in numbers, and one-time achievement like. > > It should be aimed at people who are very interested in Google Code Jam, > participate in it, but are not able to earn traditional prizes (like > getting into first thousand). Examples can be: > > - for 10 years in a row getting into Round 1, but never into Round 2. > - for 5 years in a row getting into Round 2, but never winning a T-shirt. > > And something similar. Apparently it should be made on a case by case > basis as a special (non-regular) award and you can by querying your > database estimate home many people fit this criteria. Ideally it should be > not that many people, so that compared to 1,000 regular T-shirt winner > number would be immaterial. > > Just for you consideration. I've got to this idea after reading blog of > one guy who is not too much into IT, has demanding family (kids), but likes > GCJ, participates every year and values style and feel of GCJ problems over > any other competition. As you guessed, he is never able to get too far in > the competition. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Code Jam" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-code/c3a9199c-889b-4bd4-993e-8cc2976b64c1%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Att. *Jean Matheus Puga* Analista Desenvolvedor Sênior (11)9922.90566 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-code/CAEzbeBgU7sHW-xkiyVjO0oL0uUrwZkTEh3DCuvspPg892a9XQw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
