I am a software engineer in Bangalore, and honestly I find this "contest" a bit condescending. I mean, why should I jump through hoops to work at Microsft? If I wanted to work at a large company, I can apply to Oracle, Sun, IBM, Yahoo or Google (all of whom have development centres in Bangalore).
The only situation where I can imagine myself competing against 5000 developers for a single job would be if I was fanatical about the organisation (e.g., Google), and I certainly don't feel that way about MS.
Perhaps old machines can be used to run distributed computing jobs like Folding@Home? That way, they can contribute *something*.
The drawbacks of this are that old machines still use the same desk space (or floor space), and almost the same amount of electricity, as newer, more powerful machines.
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I am a software engineer in Bangalore, and honestly I find this "contest" a bit condescending. I mean, why should I jump through hoops to work at Microsft? If I wanted to work at a large company, I can apply to Oracle, Sun, IBM, Yahoo or Google (all of whom have development centres in Bangalore).
The only situation where I can imagine myself competing against 5000 developers for a single job would be if I was fanatical about the organisation (e.g., Google), and I certainly don't feel that way about MS.
Perhaps old machines can be used to run distributed computing jobs like Folding@Home? That way, they can contribute *something*.
The drawbacks of this are that old machines still use the same desk space (or floor space), and almost the same amount of electricity, as newer, more powerful machines.
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