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Google's Coding Competitions @gcodingcomps

Google's Coding Competitions are meant to enthrall, challenge, and test coders around the world. Try your hand at one, or all three.

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20 years, more than a million participants and billions of lines of code later, our coding competitions are coming to a close. It's been an honor to learn and enjoy coding with you. Thank you. Join us 4/15 at 2 p.m. UTC for farewell rounds of competition: goo.gle/3SlSIGA
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For years, Coding Competitions were hallmark events for developers of all levels. Join us for one final round of Kick Start, Code Jam and Hash Code today. Sign up here: codingcompetitions.withgoogl…

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Kick Start, Code Jam and Hash Code have long been known as hallmark competitions for developers of all levels. On 4/15, we will host one final event. Sign up here: codingcompetitions.withgoogl…

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✨💻 Celebrate Google’s Coding Competitions with a final round of programming fun → goo.gle/3ILq9hE Join us for one final event on Saturday, April 15th as we host four simultaneous online rounds of competition at varying levels of difficulty. #DevShow
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🦾 Brute force, then build. 🧰 For #KickStartTipTuesday, software engineer Phil explains how to begin solving problems before working your way to the most optimized solutions. Sign up for Round A and forge your approach → goo.gle/kickstart2023
"It's often not hard to come up with a brute-force solution that works but is too slow. From there, start thinking about how to optimize it -for example, for a dynamic programming approach, can you reduce the number of states, or the complexity of the state transition? If none of these ideas pan out, perhaps there's an important property of the input that you've yet to utilize, or a fundamentally new perspective (geometric, randomized, etc.) is needed." - Phil Sun, Software Engineer.

ALT "It's often not hard to come up with a brute-force solution that works but is too slow. From there, start thinking about how to optimize it -for example, for a dynamic programming approach, can you reduce the number of states, or the complexity of the state transition? If none of these ideas pan out, perhaps there's an important property of the input that you've yet to utilize, or a fundamentally new perspective (geometric, randomized, etc.) is needed." - Phil Sun, Software Engineer.

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🌎 Solve for the @UN’s Sustainable Development Goals using Google technology in this year’s Solution Challenge → goo.gle/3ZrwXYX The top 10 winning teams will receive swag, mentorship from Google, and a cash prize! 🤑 #DeveloperStudentClubs

ALT GIF shows animations of students stacking and sitting around blocks of various colors that represent the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Text reads, “Solve for one of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Goals using Google technology. Win prizes, mentorship, and swag. Register at goo.gle/solutionchallenge”.

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⚡ #HashCode Hub applications are open! → goo.gle/3ZthTdu ❓ What's a Hub? Can anyone host? Are there any supplies I'd need? Join David and Torey to get the answers, and learn about why YOU should consider hosting a Hub ⬇️
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🔑 Hub organizers are key to the #HashCode community. Demonstrate your leadership abilities — organize a Hub! → goo.gle/3ZthTdu 🌐 connect with your local community 🫶 foster teams of developers 📜 get a certificate for organizing goo.gle/3X9iUpy
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🚨✨ The 2023 Solution Challenge is officially here! → goo.gle/solutionchallenge University students are invited to build solutions using Google tech that support the @UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Register today for a chance to win swag, mentorship, and a cash prize! 🏆
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Why compete? This #KickStartTipTuesday, Sreeramji recommends it to Improve your speed 💨 Work calmly under pressure ⏳ Motivate yourself to achieve a better rank 🏆 Check out the 2023 schedule, starting with Coding Practice with Kick Start on Feb. 24 → goo.gle/kickstart2023
"Take part in contests consistently. The time-boundness of a contest helps you get better at quickly implementing solutions and gets you acquainted with solving problems under pressure. The rank and rating associated with contests are a bonus, to motivate you further." - Sreeramji K S, Software Engineer.

ALT "Take part in contests consistently. The time-boundness of a contest helps you get better at quickly implementing solutions and gets you acquainted with solving problems under pressure. The rank and rating associated with contests are a bonus, to motivate you further." - Sreeramji K S, Software Engineer.

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🥁 🥁 🥁 The 2023 competition schedule is now LIVE on our website! Registration opens Feb. 1, meaning NOW is the time to check out round schedules, FAQs and tutorials. 📨 You can also sign up to be notified when registration opens! → g.co/codingcompetitions

ALT Gif shows the Google's Coding Competitions website, where the pointer clicks on Code Jam, moving to a page with text: Interested in participating in Code Jam 2023? The pointer clicks 'Express Interest.'

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👀 Solution Challenge 2023 is right around the corner! 📅 In just one week, register to participate in the Solution Challenge, an annual competition inviting university students to build solutions for community problems using Google tech. Learn more → goo.gle/solutionchallenge
Two animated figures next to a box that contains the text, "Solution Challenge" and "Google Developer Student Clubs". Below, text reads, "Registration opens January 11, 2023."

ALT Two animated figures next to a box that contains the text, "Solution Challenge" and "Google Developer Student Clubs". Below, text reads, "Registration opens January 11, 2023."

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🥳 New year, new #KickStartTipTuesday! 👓 Software engineer Saksham lays out how to make your code easily readable for debugging. Registration for Kick Start opens Feb. 1, meaning it's the perfect time to use these tips on our problem archive → goo.gle/3VeeegB
"Using meaningful identifiers can help you read and debug your own code. Use descriptive variable names, break down your logic into functions, and encapsulate complex data structures into classes." - Saksham Aggarwal, Software engineer.

ALT "Using meaningful identifiers can help you read and debug your own code. Use descriptive variable names, break down your logic into functions, and encapsulate complex data structures into classes." - Saksham Aggarwal, Software engineer.
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It's the final problem walk-through from the 2022 Code Jam World Finals, and it's a doozy. ⚠️ No contestant was able to solve "Triangles" in the allotted time. Watch problem author Pablo Heiber visually explain the geometry problem ▶️ goo.gle/3vGhc33

ALT Gif shows a person drawing on a white board with the text Triangles.
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✨ It's the year's last #KickStartTipTuesday! ✨ Take Karim's advice and check out the Kick Start FAQs, where we lay out everything from eligibility and registration to our platform and scoring → goo.gle/3hxh6Y5 📢 And sign up to get email alerts for 2023 registration!
"1. Be sure to master at least one language. It will help you code faster and avoid obvious bugs. 2. Read the question carefully. Most bugs are a result of missing details in the problem statement. 3. Remember to go through the FAQ prior to the round. There is valuable information on error codes and code snippets in there.” - Karim Fatehi, Engineering Manager.

ALT "1. Be sure to master at least one language. It will help you code faster and avoid obvious bugs. 2. Read the question carefully. Most bugs are a result of missing details in the problem statement. 3. Remember to go through the FAQ prior to the round. There is valuable information on error codes and code snippets in there.” - Karim Fatehi, Engineering Manager.

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🐶 "Schrödinger and Pavlov" bring their cats and dogs together in this unusual dynamic programming problem from the 2022 Code Jam World Finals. 🐱 Just 9 competitors received the full 50 points for this problem. Mohamed Yosri Ahmed lays it out visually → goo.gle/3BXjwGd

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Competing can be a huge confidence boost, but what about when you feel disappointed in yourself? 😢 This #KickStartTipTuesday, Kazi says it's crucial to channel your frustration into motivation. And remember — there's always another chance to compete! 🥹 goo.gle/3YBxVBO
"Never stop learning new things! When you get bashed in a contest, try a problem for so long but can't figure it out, and look into the solution after the contest with frustration — these are the moments when you truly improve yourself. This is one of the factors that differentiates one contestant from another — how quickly you overcome the disappointment after a bad contest and master the algorithms or tricks that were necessary for the problems there." - Kazi Zubaer, Software engineer.

ALT "Never stop learning new things! When you get bashed in a contest, try a problem for so long but can't figure it out, and look into the solution after the contest with frustration — these are the moments when you truly improve yourself. This is one of the factors that differentiates one contestant from another — how quickly you overcome the disappointment after a bad contest and master the algorithms or tricks that were necessary for the problems there." - Kazi Zubaer, Software engineer.
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🛝 Slides, slides everywhere! "Slide Parade" from the 2022 Code Jam World Finals wasn't what it appeared to be — it seemed to be about paths, but ended up being a matching problem. Glide through the solution with Timothy Buzzelli → goo.gle/3W0x3F6

ALT Person points to diagrams on a large screen under the heading Slide Parade.

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🎉 Happy birthday to Kick Start and the Google team behind it! 🎉 Our global competition is celebrating a record-breaking 10th season that drew 110,000 participants across 210 countries and territories. It's been an incredible road to 🔟 ↓ goo.gle/3FSRBtq

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In 2022, Kick Start participants submitted 42 million (!) lines of code. Nearly 1,200 Googlers helped us keep up with our growth, working on problem development, dogfooding, and round monitoring. 💖 Like Bartosz, many competed in Kick Start themselves before joining Google.
"A lot of people that I talked with who participated in Kick Start, felt that it helped them learn new things and advance in their careers - and that is all without huge pressure. Kick Start has a very friendly atmosphere as we have multiple rounds in which we don’t eliminate people so everyone can participate in as many rounds as they want." - Bartosz Kostka, Software Developer and Kick Start volunteer

ALT "A lot of people that I talked with who participated in Kick Start, felt that it helped them learn new things and advance in their careers - and that is all without huge pressure. Kick Start has a very friendly atmosphere as we have multiple rounds in which we don’t eliminate people so everyone can participate in as many rounds as they want." - Bartosz Kostka, Software Developer and Kick Start volunteer

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🎆 This milestone year for Kick Start was achievable because of Googlers and participants alike. Thank you for joining us. And we can't wait to unveil what's in store next year! Registration for the 2023 season will open on Feb. 1. Learn more → goo.gle/3FSRBtq

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