Programming Competition

[konsept]

A few weeks ago I joined http://www.topcoder.com
I think its a really amazing site because you learn a lot from doing the challanging programming problems and you can make some money doing it.
Also, you get to find out just how good of a programmer you really are. There are 2 competitions per week with a few hundred programmers competing from all over the world.
I think anyone who wants to improve their programming abilities should join.

Also, if you join http://www.topcoder.com please put konsept as your referrer. Thank you.

[rafay]

nice one! .. but i got little problem.
they say that only people from US, canada, australia and india are elligible in taking part in competetion...
what if i am not from US, canada, australia, or india.....

is there ne trick i can take part..
what if i regester myself as from canada (how will it check) (is it possible???)

[Stefan Pochmann]

You forgot United Kingdom and Ireland. And if I understand it correctly, everybody can participate, but only people from these countries are eligible for prizes. So you can still join for fun and for the learning experience.

[C8H10N4O2]

You gotta be > 18 to get paid thou.

[konsept]

yeah, you have to be 18 to get paid but I think this is a blessing in disguise. when you know that you're not going to get any money you don't stress during the contest and as a result perform better and learn more. so by the time you're old enough to make money you'll have had a lot of practice and you'll be able to think faster and make less bugs later on.