Announcement: Google Code Jam

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Hello virtual_walker,

We are thrilled to announce the Google Code Jam 2005, Powered by TopCoder(R). This exciting competition puts you head-to-head with some of the best coders in the world. Take this opportunity to contend for $155,000 in cash and a chance to impress Google with your skills. You may not only win money, but a prospect to land a job for the future.

Registration is now open for the competition and will remain open through August 19, 2005. Anyone intending to compete in this competition must register for the event through the registration path that has been set up exclusively for the tournament: http://www.google.com/codejam05

All registrants will then participate in the Qualification Round. The Qualification Round will be open from Monday, August 22nd at 12:00 noon EDT (GMT –4) to Tuesday, August 23rd at 12:00 noon EDT (GMT –4). During this 24-hour period, a competitor must complete one randomly generated problem set. All competitors will be given a score for their performance on that one problem set.

The top 500 participants from the Qualification Round will advance to the first online round to be held at 9:00 PM EDT (GMT –4) on August 29th. All competitors in this round will be sent a commemorative "Google Code Jam" t-shirt. The top 250 scorers from Round 1 will advance to Round 2, which will be held at 9:00 PM EDT (GMT –4) on September 1st.

The top 100 scorers in Round 2 will win an all-expense paid trip to Google's corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California, USA. Here, they will compete, in-person, in the Championship Round for their share of $155,000 on Friday, September 23rd. The tournament champion, 1st place finisher will receive $10,000, 2nd – 10th place gets $5,000, 11th – 25th place will cash in on $2,500, 26th – 50th place wins $1,000, and 51st – 100th place earn $750.

Google's engineering organization is pleased to sponsor this contest and is looking forward to meeting the top performers. Participating in this contest propels you to the front of the line for consideration for open positions in our engineering group. You are encouraged to submit your resume for immediate consideration for open positions at any time during this competition. Visit http://www.google.com/codejam05 for full details.

Best of luck to you!

- The Google Code Jam Team

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See ya there

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You're invited to take part in the Google Code Jam 2005, a programming competition that will be worthy of your time, your skills and your interest.

GOOGLE CODE JAM 2005 ACTIVATION INFORMATION

PRACTICING FOR THE EVENT
There is a practice room available to you that will allow you to become acclimated with the competition environment before you participate in the Google Code Jam 2005. The practice room contains a problem set that will be very similar in nature to the problems you will encounter during competition. The practice room will be available from 9:00AM EDT on July 25, 2005 through 5:00PM EDT on September 23, 2005.

You can access the practice rooms by navigating to http://www.topcoder.com/googlecodejam and clicking on the Competition Arena tab.

COMPETING IN THE QUALIFICATION ROUND
You may participate in the Qualification Round at any time between Monday, August 22 at Noon EDT and Tuesday, August 23 at Noon EDT (GMT -4). You will have up to one hour to solve two problems. It is recommended that you utilize the practice area prior to participating in the qualification.

LAUNCHING THE ARENA
You can launch and login to the competition arena at the appropriate time by navigating to http://www.topcoder.com/googlecodejam and clicking on the Competition Arena tab.

You will need to have the Java 1.4.x runtime installed in order to launch the arena.

We also suggest that you read up on the competition process by navigating to http://www.topcoder.com/googlecodejam and clicking the Instructions link at the top.

If you have any questions about how to participate, please email them to googlecodejam@topcoder.com

Thank you for registering for the Google Code Jam 2005. We look forward to seeing you in the Arena!

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