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I'd suggest that $3,000 wouldn't pay for a great deal of development of any kind (except you could theoretically get three-and-a-bit Digg clones I guess ;) so m

by m0nty 19y ago

I'd suggest that $3,000 wouldn't pay for a great deal of development of any kind (except you could theoretically get three-and-a-bit Digg clones I guess ;) so maybe you should look at hacker-friendly prizes instead. XKCD goodies, 100,000 reddit karma points, something like that. I used to run a fantasy football league in a school and there was massive interest just for the fun of playing and the kudos of winning. The only prizes on offer were a team shirt, a pair of boots and a wooden spoon (for the loser, natch). If you could find similar things which would appeal to hackers, you'd spend less, get more interest and get to keep some cash for next year.

maximilian 19y ago
$3,000 would pay for my services for a summer. It would for a lot of students. I'd love to have a cool flexible summer job where I get to implement something interesting. Shamelessly i'm putting my name into the hat. I'll build whatever cool thing you want. You're basically suggesting google summer of code on a smaller scale. I'm applying for that too, but its a long shot. XKCD goodies and karma points sure don't help pay for bread, rent or tuition. Or all those other things I would buy if I had a reasonable income.