Yep. IBM has been running a hackathon since early 2002 all around the world as a recruiting funnel to resolve the talent shortage problems @surge refers to. Run

Yep. IBM has been running a hackathon since early 2002 all around the world as a recruiting funnel to resolve the talent shortage problems @surge refers to. Runs every year, all across the world and there are always great prizes (mainframe tshirts, ipads, iphones, macbook pros) just for completing the exercises plus side-track options to drop out of uni and instantly obtain six-figure employment at one of IBM's customers if you do well. http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/education/academic/masterthemainframe/ http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/education/academic/masterthe... and https://www.facebook.com/MasterTheMainframe https://www.facebook.com/MasterTheMainframe