Google Code Jam 2008
Tagged as: Jun 28While many of my readers are totally uninterested in the fact that I program computers, the fact remains that I do what I do. And thankfully I enjoy it (well at least most of the time). Geeky as it sounds, I’ve also found that I kind of like to occasionally participate in programming contests.
I participated in the last Google Code Jam in 2006, but I didn’t fare all that well. Of course, that might also be because I decided to open up the problem and then go eat lunch after reading through it. And did I mention that I only got an hour to work on it once I opened it? I could have at least solved that problem! I only needed 5 more minutes! Although, I’m pretty sure that I wouldn’t have solved another so I still wouldn’t have done very well.
Anyways, to make a long story short, I enjoy programming. And programming contests like this can be fun! I’m currently trying out some of their practice problems, and I’m going to go with Python as my language of choice (last time I went with C++).
I don’t particularly have high hopes for how well I can do, but it’s still fun to try! It’s free, and fun (for some people).
Update: I suck! I solved one problem’s (Train Schedule) small input, but I couldn’t quite get another problem (Saving the Universe) to work correctly. However since they don’t test the large input until the end, I found out that my large didn’t pass! And that means that I do not move out of the qualification. Boo to me.
hey, you’re cool. can you tell me more about binary codes? =P
Hey thanks a lot. Oh don’t worry, I can do just that! Haha
Good luck in any future contests & it’s so great to have a job you enjoy, isn’t it?!?!?!?
Haha indeed it is nice to enjoy your job! Do you?
I *L*O*V*E* my job! My former assistant used to say that teaching preschool was “the only job where you can do the chicken dance and call it work!”
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Hey..dude you surely dont …suck…the train thing sure was a teaser..took me like 5hrs…the fly swatter took like 12hrs….man i dont think i’ll survive..past..next round…dude that sucks!!…so email me and i’ll send you a copy of a book that could help you..out in future c.jams…try taking part more often in the top coder weekly contests,do more algorithms…just for kicks.(tough..hmm).i know..but maths..is like the bed rock of core programming..not the visual basic crap the microsoft guys peddle……you get to be a better developer that way..and get to meet lots of really cool p’ple…i mean steve jobs,sergei brin,larry page kind of cool…you catch my drift…if you dont spam my account i can send you my real email….(btw..i mainly code in clisp…allegro to be precise)