Facebook‘s Hacker Cup is the Olympics of hacking.
Twenty-five finalists from 10 countries were flown into Palo Alto to compete. These few represent the elite cream of the crop, the top coders in the world, and as this post is being written, they’re all sitting in Facebook’s cafeteria, chewing pencils, staring at monitors and typing furiously.
It’s a bit mind-boggling to think about, all that raw talent and brainpower in a single room focused on a single task. Facebook has brought them all here on an all-expenses-paid trip to tour the Facebook campus and compete against one another in this event.
Almost 12,000 developers entered in the competition, which centers around algorithms, one of the more esoteric aspects of the hacker skill set.
More info: with Pictures
Twenty-five finalists from 10 countries were flown into Palo Alto to compete. These few represent the elite cream of the crop, the top coders in the world, and as this post is being written, they’re all sitting in Facebook’s cafeteria, chewing pencils, staring at monitors and typing furiously.
It’s a bit mind-boggling to think about, all that raw talent and brainpower in a single room focused on a single task. Facebook has brought them all here on an all-expenses-paid trip to tour the Facebook campus and compete against one another in this event.
Almost 12,000 developers entered in the competition, which centers around algorithms, one of the more esoteric aspects of the hacker skill set.
More info: with Pictures
