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Winners of the 'Google CodeJam 2004' Contest
astrab writes "The Argentinian programmer Sergio Sancho, 30, won the 'Google Code Jam 2004'
programming contest, whose final was held yesterday in Google HQ (Mountain View, CA), and pocketed $10,000. According to Dirson, Sergio studies at UBA (University of Buenos Aires,
Argentina) and works at
the Research and Development Center which Core
Security owns in Buenos Aires. More information also in the official Google Blog."
I was unaware there were teams, let alone teams based on country.
/Canadian
Argentina didn't win, the US didn't lose, Sergio Sancho is the winner, and it shouldn't matter what country he's from.
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Not all programmers have Linux experience, but just about everyone has used Windows.
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It would have been nice if they didn't use the new colour scheme though, no-one should be subjected to that
Coolness. If there was any one company I would trust to "Do no evil", it would be Google.
I would agree if it was based on classification of who of the companys who have as much influence on the world as google, would Do No Evil, but googl bows to much to comercial and political views for me to trust it anymore.. maybe 4 years ago, but now that so many people use it, the powers that be are focusing their attention on it...
It reminds me of the movie; Toys
What you mean to say is that the Google -server- farm consists of Linux machines. Who knows (or cares?) what OS google uses for their workstations? I wouln't be surprised if they let their people chose, also.
All the code I write runs on Solaris but I have a Win2k workstation.
No one has been shocked by this except for you.
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Ok. Tell me what algorithms can only be used within Windows API?
Please do. Ill be waiting.
Yeah, right. So by that rationale, you should have a first prize of, say, $50,000 if the winner is from the US but only $10,000 if he's from India. Do you realise how dumb that sounds?
Good code is good code: it doesn't matter where it's written, who it's written by or where the writer got his education. If you know what you want then it doesn't matter if the programmer you employ to do the job is based in Silicon Valley, Bangalore or Buenos Aires. The sooner you realise this fact (and the possible implications that it has for you), the better.
It's precisely because Indian coders can do most (if not all) jobs as well as their US counterparts that has US companies turning to them: why pay a guy five times as much because of his geographical location if you don't have to? To reiterate my point again, don't expect to get paid a premium just because of your latitude and longitude.
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true, but in argentina we have a culture of everything from outside its better (even developers) so this is very important for my country.
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Being from Buenos Aires and a former student of the UBA, I can only say that this shows how well a person who actually puts its mind on it can compete with the best programmers in the world.
After the economic chaos we have been through in the last few years, only positive startups, against all odds and a corrupt government will save this country from extinction.
Note that many of us programmers are working for international projects (as in, programming some of the outsourcing project from the EU or USA) and I am a big fan of the USA - I have always wanted to apply the good aspects of that country to my own. I think we need to start working hard on all those issues, just like the USA did during the great depression.
Also, Microsoft is present at the Computer Science Uni, offering free Windows, Office and Visual Studio for students. Note that this is a country where the average computer user runs a pirate version of Windows and Linux is only a word they have heard somewhere.
On the other hand, I have met a handful of excellent, worldclass programmers who I'm sure will make a difference at least in their areas.
Felicitaciones, Sergio!
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