MANILA, Philippines - Google is seeking local developers to participate in the worldwide programming competition that will give them the opportunity to come out with a breakthrough like Google, and be as rich and popular as its founders.
Silicon Valley-based Google Inc. has opened up registration for Google Code Jam 2008 where programmers can use their coding skills, creativity, and ingenuity to solve a series of challenges that will bring them fame and fortune.
From July to August, top programmers worldwide will compete in regional competitions in 10 countries before the semi-final round in September and October. The top 100 programmers will participate in the final round at the Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California on November 14 where $10,000 is at stake for the top winner.
Google Southeast Asia is optimistic that the competition will attract members of the Philippine developer community who are known for their creativity.
“We would love to see Filipino computer programmers take part in the Google Code Jam this year to compete with the best in the world to solve challenging problems in computer science," said Dickson Seow, Google Southeast Asia spokesperson, in an email correspondence.
“It’s a unique opportunity to achieve a very high level of recognition in the global developer community, get some exposure to Google offices and engineers around the world, and maybe even to join the Google family," he added.
There are said to be over 28,000 Filipino software developers knowledgeable in old and new programming languages. These software developers are helping boost the country’s revenues in outsourcing services.
The Philippines is also known as one of the firm believers in open source technology.
Google said in a statement that contestants this year will be allowed to program in any language.
In 2006, more than 21,000 competitors from over 100 countries participated in the Google Code Jam, and Petr Mitrichev of Russia won the grand prize.
Google was founded 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Interested parties can visit http://code.google.com/codejam. - GMANews.TV
Source: GMANews.TV
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