I remember TopCoder from around 2000-2001 when they had contests twice a week and actually paid out cash to the top finishers in different groups. It was 3 pro

I remember TopCoder from around 2000-2001 when they had contests twice a week and actually paid out cash to the top finishers in different groups. It was 3 problems, I believe, that could be coded in C++ or Java and each allowed 20 minutes to complete. I thought it was pretty crazy when I actually got paid for programming contests that took about an hour.