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This is really sad. What’s even more sad is that the person who made this descision will probably never know how much damage it did to Google’s reputation. Code

This is really sad. What’s even more sad is that the person who made this descision will probably never know how much damage it did to Google’s reputation. Code Jam had what I think were the most well designed and insightful problems in all of competitive programming, not to mention innovative problem types and judging systems. Google, you have just disappointed and pissed off many of the best algorithmic programmers in the world. They will not forget this. Is that who you want to be?

secondcoming 4y ago
People are still going to apply to work in Google in droves. No need to be so melodramatic.
jsnell 4y ago
I'm not sure it's a given that Google was actually getting any kind of reputational benefit from Code Jam. As an example, the last significant submission on HN discussing Code Jam was 8 years ago. It only came up in HN comments a handful times per year, and are not particularly positive (not negative either, just neutral). Can you quantify that reputational benefit somehow? Why is running a competition really well for 15 years something to be pissed off about? Why not be dissapointed at Microsoft, Amazon and Apple for not running their own competitions, as well or better?