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Nordic countries are pretty much excluded from being able to participate, because Midsummer weekend is a big holiday here. Like if you placed this on Thanksgivi
by sampo 7y ago
Nordic countries are pretty much excluded from being able to participate, because Midsummer weekend is a big holiday here. Like if you placed this on Thanksgiving, most Americans would be excluded.
- enriquto 7y agowhat you say? holidays are precisely the best time to do this stuff! You let the kids to the grandparents and get your hands dirty with code all day,
- beokop 7y agoHolidays are precisely the best time to spend quality time with your kids, too.
- pjmlp 7y agoHollidays are exactly to profit from being away from work.
- enriquto 7y agoI agree! Thus holidays are the appropriate time to participate in non-remunerated intellectual contests! Have you seen the actual prize of this contest? You earn bragging rights, where the judges endorse publicly your choice of programming language. In fact, participating on this contest during your work time would require you to ask for holiday time anyway,
- pjmlp 7y agoBeing away from work means exactly that, not coding and enjoying family and friends, life is too short to spend seating in front of a computer screen. Many jobs do offer taking place into such events as part of the education plan, no need for holiday time.
- mac01021 7y agoInteresting... In the USA we regard the solstice as the first day of summer...