Google Code Jam 2005

Mind-racing problems. Intense competition. Big prize money.

If this is your idea of a good time, we invite you to enter Google Code Jam 2005, a programming competition that will grab your interest, entice your mind and engage your skills. For more information, visit: http://www.google.com/codejam05

When:   Registration opens July 25, 2005 at 9:00 AM EDT
Where: http://www.google.com/codejam05
What: Solve increasingly difficult algorithmic problems within a set time period
Who:   Sponsored by Google, Powered by TopCoder

What’s in it for you?



1st place finisher - Tournament Champion
2nd - 10th place
11th - 25th place
26th - 50th place
51st - 100th place $
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10,000
5,000
2,500
1,000
750

Top 100 finalists will win an all-expense paid trip to the finals at Google headquarters in Mt. View, California, on September 23, 2005.

See website for official contest rules and registration.

Google has serious problems. Like developing efficient implementations for large-scale mathematical problems. Or running our search algorithms on a graph of 3 billion nodes and 20 billion edges. Or harnessing the computational resources of many thousands of computers to solve large-scale problems. Want to help us solve them? Learn more about careers at Google at: http://labs.google.com/why-google.html