Sounds lime a fun contest. Though obviously with different objectives to LiveCoda. Your suggestion would be a good test of coding ability and promote strong realtionships within the team, whereas LiveCoda was more about trying something new where the focus was not so much on the technical aspects as the social interation between everyone in attendance on the night.
I actually attended and competed in this event. I had a blast and thought I'd give you all a bit more of an insight via my experience of the night...
I'm a final year computer science student, I organised 2 friends from other uni's and another one of thier fiends (4 total) into a team. None of us had ever entered a programming contest before some of us hadn't even met before the night. In the end despite our nerves we all ended up having a ball with the actual task and enjoyed socialising with the other coders there from all walks of the industry.
For those running thier mouths of at this idea, it was on a Wednesday night at a venue almost more bar than club so it was a not only an enjoyable way to spend the night but far from the sad geekfest picture that some of you are painting.The night was about exploring boundaries and addressing the geek isolation discussed in detail in the threads above.
I had a great night. Thanks ROB -
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Sounds lime a fun contest. Though obviously with different objectives to LiveCoda. Your suggestion would be a good test of coding ability and promote strong realtionships within the team, whereas LiveCoda was more about trying something new where the focus was not so much on the technical aspects as the social interation between everyone in attendance on the night.
I actually attended and competed in this event. I had a blast and thought I'd give you all a bit more of an insight via my experience of the night... I'm a final year computer science student, I organised 2 friends from other uni's and another one of thier fiends (4 total) into a team. None of us had ever entered a programming contest before some of us hadn't even met before the night. In the end despite our nerves we all ended up having a ball with the actual task and enjoyed socialising with the other coders there from all walks of the industry. For those running thier mouths of at this idea, it was on a Wednesday night at a venue almost more bar than club so it was a not only an enjoyable way to spend the night but far from the sad geekfest picture that some of you are painting.The night was about exploring boundaries and addressing the geek isolation discussed in detail in the threads above. I had a great night. Thanks ROB -