[Inpycon] [PyCon 2013] Programming Challenges, Hackathons & Sprints, in Python at PyCon

[Dhruv Baldawa]

completely agree with Vinayak. -1 for programming contests, +1 for sprints

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Dhruv Baldawa
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On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:43 AM, L Radhakrishna Rao <
satishsagar83 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hackathon or a coding event, with a team building activity is what I will
> prefer.
>
> Coding contests can be organized, but this a conference, and many people
> are not expert also.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Vinayak Hegde <vinayakh at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 6:28 PM, Kushal Das <kushaldas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 5:35 PM, sankarshan <foss.mailinglists at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > What I asked and desire to understand is if the "hiring challenge"
>>> > part is taken away, would the online competition involving
>>> > peer-competition stand in a reasonably healthy way that bolsters the
>>> > PyCon India brand and, amplifies the efforts of the society?
>>> I think the answer is no. PyCon India is a community effort. If a
>>> sponsor wants to do their own coding competitions while the conference
>>> going on, they can go ahead but that should not be branded as PyCon
>>> India event.
>>>
>>
>> -1 for the programming contest. +1 if people want to run coding sprints.
>> My reasons are that programming contests encourage "badge collection" (or
>> certificate collection to bolster resumes) rather than real
>> learning/contributions to the community which is what PyCon 2013 should
>> encourage. Hence code sprints and hackathons make sense but not programming
>> contests.
>>
>> -- Vinayak
>>
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