$1000 coding challenge from E la Carte (YC S10)

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Post by rajatsuri » Sat, Aug 13, 2011, 8:28 PM UTC

E la Carte (www.elacarte.com ) is a startup out of MIT that deploys tablets on restaurant tables so that guests can order food, play games and pay for their meals without waiting.

Test your skills at http://www.elacarte.com/challenge and win $1000

Rules: Winner gets $1000. Next 5 top-ranked applicants get $100 each

Time and quality of submitted code are both factored into rankings.

$1000 coding challenge from E la Carte (YC S10)
elacarte.com

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#2

Post by VernatKhisamov » Sat, Aug 13, 2011, 8:43 PM UTC

easy money will be mine :)

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#3

Post by alFoX » Sat, Aug 13, 2011, 8:44 PM UTC

great startup!

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#4

Post by ColinWright » Sat, Aug 13, 2011, 8:47 PM UTC

Clickable: http://www.elacarte.com/challenge

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#5

Post by ryanfitz » Sat, Aug 13, 2011, 8:55 PM UTC

The title might be a bit misleading, I thought this was going to be something where I could hook into your api and I could build something fun. Instead it seems to be more of an interview questions style challenge.

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Post by genieyclo » Sat, Aug 13, 2011, 9:05 PM UTC

ryanfitz wrote: post #5

The title might be a bit misleading, I thought this was going to be something where I could hook into your api and I could build something fun. Instead it seems to be more of an interview questions style challenge.

Yep, a little disappointed, I was expecting them to be fielding cool things to be built related to their product or restaurants and tech in general.

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Post by rajatsuri » Sat, Aug 13, 2011, 9:10 PM UTC

ryanfitz wrote: post #5

The title might be a bit misleading, I thought this was going to be something where I could hook into your api and I could build something fun. Instead it seems to be more of an interview questions style challenge.

fixed

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#8

Post by blhack » Sat, Aug 13, 2011, 9:31 PM UTC

I'm kindof confused: do you want us to write actual code? Just give an explanation of how to do this?

If the former: what language, what assumptions can we make about the environment?

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Post by rajatsuri » Sat, Aug 13, 2011, 9:36 PM UTC

blhack wrote: post #8

I'm kindof confused: do you want us to write actual code? Just give an explanation of how to do this? If the former: what language, what assumptions can we make about the environment?

for q1 - submit an answer and explain how you got there (with whatever code you wrote, if any)

for q2 - just the answers are sufficient

for q3 - submit an explanation of how you'd tackle the problem, or code

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 13, 2011, 9:55 PM UTC

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