FYI, dari milis lain ;-) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 10:42 PM > Subject: Indonesia top dalam lomba pemrograman > Google >> >> >> Google selalu mencari pemrogram terbaik dunia utk direkrutnya. Utk >> mencapai tujuan ini Google mengadakan perlombaan memrogram yg >> diadakan di
>> USA, tetapi karena belakangan ini India mencuat sebagai sumber >> pemrogram >> maka Google juga mengadakan lomba tambahan di India.Lomba bulan Maret >> lalu diikuti oleh 14ribu peserta yg disaring sehingga tinggal 50 terbaik, >> yg ikut final lomba tgl 26 Maret lalu.Komposisi 50 terbaik ini adalah >> sbb:39 dari India, 8 dari Singapore, and 3 dari Indonesia. Yang >> mengejutkan adalah pemenang pertamanya adalah orang Indonesia,Ardian >> Poernomo, mahasiswa tingkat 3 bidang computer engineering di Nanyang >> Technological University, Singapura. tak kalah menakjubkannya adalah >> pemenang kedua, yaitu Pascal Alfadian, mahasiswa tingkat 2 Universitas >> Katolik Parahyangan di Bandung! Mereka mengalahkan orang2 India yg >> sekolah di ataupun lulusan dari IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) yg >> sangat dibanggakan itu (topnya universitas di India dan salah satu >> terbaik dunia). Ini adalah bukti bahwa orang Indonesia itu tak kalah dari >> siapapun, walau negaranya kacau dilanda krisis ekonomi dan kena >> infeksi >> parah penyakit KKN dan segala yg negatif lainnya. >> Viva Indonesia! >> >> salam >> moderator >> >> >> APRIL 11, 2005 ASIAN BUSINESS How Google Searches -- For Talent At >> the >> India Code Jam, only the hottest software writers need apply Mar. 26 >> heralds the opening of the spring season in India, a day celebrated with >> riotous color and revelry. But in one corner of Bangalore, India's info >> tech hub, the sunny Saturday is heavy with tension. At an Internet cafe, >> a group of engineers and math majors, all in their 20s, hunch over >> terminals, ready to write some killer code -- and, with luck, launch >> careers with one of the world's premier tech companies, Google Inc. >> (GOOG ) >> >> It's the Google India Code Jam, a contest to find the most brilliant >> coder in South and Southeast Asia. The fastest will win $6,900 -- and >> more important, the offer of a coveted job at one of Google's >> research and development centers. At the stroke of 10:30 a.m., the >> contestants begin, emerging exhausted three hours later. "It's been >> incredibly difficult and awesome," says Nitin Gupta, a computer >> science undergrad at >> the Indian Institute of Technology at Bombay. >> >> Google has staged Code Jams in the U.S., but this is its first such >> bakeoff in Asia, and the response is huge. Some 14,000 aspirants >> registered from all over South and Southeast Asia for the first round >> in February. The top 50 were selected for the finals in Bangalore: 39 >> from India, 8 from Singapore, and 3 from Indonesia. "It's a dog-eat- >> dog world," says Robert Hughes, president of TopCoder Inc., the >> Glastonbury (Conn.) testing company that runs the Code Jams. >> "Wherever the best talent is, Google wants them." >> >> And the winner is...one of these clever IIT grads from India, right? >> Surprisingly, no. Ardian Poernomo, a third-year undergrad computer >> engineering student at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, >> lands in first place. The No. 2 finisher, Pascal Alfadian, a second- >> year student at the Universitas Katolik Parahyangan in West Java, is >> Indonesian, too. Poernomo didn't commit to taking a job with Google, >> however: He may go for a PhD in computer science in the U.S. >> >> Still, Google now has a new pool of Asian talent to choose from. >> According to Krishna Bharat, head of Google's India R&D center, all >> the finalists will be offered jobs. And Google needs them. The search >> company >> has been frustrated by its inability to find top-notch engineers for >> its >> year-old Indian center, according to industry insiders. Its Bangalore >> staff now totals 25, but it was hoping to have signed up at least 100 >> engineers by last December. Bharat refuses to discuss the company's >> difficulty in filling its ranks, except to say: "It has been a >> challenging year." >> >> WAR GAMES Google's frustrations in India stem from two factors. One >> is >> the red- >> hot job market in Indian tech. Engineering students are assured a job a >> year before they graduate. But Google makes things hard for itself by >> having some of the most exacting hiring standards going. The contest is >> an example. Participants are tested on aptitude in problem solving, on >> designing and writing code, and on testing peer-written work. Finalists >> are asked to create and test software for unique Web searches and to get >> from point A to B in a city with a minimum number of turns. The final >> challenge is programming a war-based board game, a task so complex that >> only winner Poernomo completes it. >> >> For Google, the Code Jam will serve as a short cut through its hiring >> regime. Candidates normally go through a seven-stage process that can >> last months -- and, at the end of it, they're more likely to be >> rejected than hired. Much of that screening can be set aside for Code >> Jam winners. >> >> For Wunderkinder like Poernomo, Google can be patient. Stanford grad >> Jon >> McAlister was the 2001 winner of TopCoder's U.S. Collegiate Code Jam, but >> didn't sign up with Google until 2004. He eventually rejected >> competing >> offers from Goldman, Sachs & Co. (GS ) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT ) >> "Google is the genuine engineering company," says McAlister. Google hopes >> its India finalists think so, too. >> >> >> By Josey Puliyenthuruthel in Bangalore [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Does he tell you he loves you when he's hitting you? Abuse. Narrated by Halle Berry. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Ynf6uA/isnJAA/d1hLAA/KbPolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilkom_usu/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
