[Baypiggies] Bay Area python competitive programming

[Shannon -jj Behrens]

There are all sorts of programming competitions. Some require you to solve
multiple problems in a short amount of time. Some require you to build
software that competes against other pieces of software; these competitions
might last one or multiple days. There's the week long competition in which
you program a video game in Python called PyWeek. There's the yearly ICFP
programming competition which is (in my opinion) perhaps the most
illustrious competition.

I've participated in several programming competitions. Wesley Chun hosted a
programming competition at PyCon a few years back. As usual, I got my butt
handed to me in a box ;) In this case, a young Russian kid won the
competition.

Apparently, they train for this sort of thing in Russia. They have
programming competition coaches in the same way you might have a tennis
coach here.

On Tue Dec 16 2014 at 9:11:33 AM Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:

> Apparently, there is something called "competitive programming." I always
> watched MasterChef cooking style shows and imagined a similar experience in
> programming.
>
> But, since competitive programming apparently already exists, I was not
> the first to have this idea.
>
> Has there ever been a local competitive event (in any language?) Has there
> ever been a Python event?
>
> I'm super interested in an environment where people can use the experience
> to grow and develop. Conversely, I'm not interested in the chest beating
> ego maniacs... They aren't that hard to find in the wild :)
>
> If I can go to a few Competitive Program events to see what they are like,
> I would happily host one for Junior Programmers just learning Python.
>
> Any experiences or resources out there for the Bay Area?
>
> Glen
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