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Introducing Battle Hack

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Re: Introducing Battle Hack

#11

Post by cust_support »

I might be in the minority here, but these hackathons are a waste of time for exceptional talent; like asking a Heisman trophy winner to compete in Battle of the Network Stars.

These rising stars shouldn't be competing against each other to develop the best tool in the shortest amount of time. That ROI bullshit is at the heart of the problem.

If you want to challenge hackers, in the traditional sense, then continue to improve the security of your systems; they will still find ways to impress you.

If you want challenge hackers, in the more "dorm-room entrepreneurial" sense, then hire a bunch of them on 2-year contracts and let them do their own thing; they just might find a way to fill your pockets with cash.

Re: Introducing Battle Hack

#13

Post by jacques_chester »

speeder wrote: post #10

No southern hemisphere city? :( Why we down here are always forgotten?

Annoying, isn't it? Google has offices in multiple southern hemispheric cities -- still no "Summer of Code" for half of the planet.

I should however single out AWS. Amazon have two sales engineers here in Perth.

Perth, of all places! Kudos, Amazon.

Re: Introducing Battle Hack

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Post by youngerdryas »

jacques_chester wrote: post #13
speeder wrote: post #10

No southern hemisphere city? :( Why we down here are always forgotten?

Annoying, isn't it? Google has offices in multiple southern hemispheric cities -- still no "Summer of Code" for half of the planet . I should however single out AWS. Amazon have two sales engineers here in Perth. Perth, of all places! Kudos, Amazon.

Earth's northern hemisphere contains most of the planet's land, and roughly 90% of its human population.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere‎

Re: Introducing Battle Hack

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Post by glurgh »

jacques_chester wrote: post #13
speeder wrote: post #10

No southern hemisphere city? :( Why we down here are always forgotten?

Annoying, isn't it? Google has offices in multiple southern hemispheric cities -- still no "Summer of Code" for half of the planet . I should however single out AWS. Amazon have two sales engineers here in Perth. Perth, of all places! Kudos, Amazon.

Perth, of all places!

How far the legendary galactic center of .sigs must have fallen, if even its own residents disparage it so!

http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/afw/#perth

Re: Introducing Battle Hack

#19

Post by 3825 »

Sujan wrote: post #8
michaelmior wrote: post #7

Good luck flying home with that trophy!

They thought of that: > Yep, it’s an axe trophy. > Good luck clearing airport security http://battlehack.org/berlin/#prizes Just didn't have a solution obviously ;)

Don't check in your ax, at least not with United. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Breaks_Guitars

Re: Introducing Battle Hack

#20

Post by 3825 »

cbetta wrote: post #18
speeder wrote: post #10

No southern hemisphere city? :( Why we down here are always forgotten?

We hope to get around to that next year. Not forgotten, just a lack of resources :)

Lack of resources is rarely a problem. I remember a teacher tell me that "not enough time" is rarely an excuse for not doing homework because at every waking moment we're prioritizing one task over others. Thus, companies do not lack people or money. They are deliberately prioritizing the rest of the world over you.
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