top | item 34900535 (no title) npretto | 3 years ago is this a sign that finding developers is not that hard anymore, and they don't need to organize these competitions with the hiring budget? discuss order hn newest UncleOxidant|3 years ago Or maybe they've laid off the group that was in charge of organizing these competitions? Or will soon? mredigonda|3 years ago They did, indeed, lay off the group in charge of organizing these competitions (or at least the Google Code Jam Program Manager).https://twitter.com/jonathanirvings/status/16220755214872084... paxys|3 years ago Probably more a sign that these competitions don't help with hiring in any substantial way. mredigonda|3 years ago I believe they do help, but certainly hiring doesn't seem to be a priority for them at the moment.It's strange that they decided to discontinue the entire competition instead of just cancelling this year's one, though. guluarte|3 years ago nah, it's google shutting down a random thing like always mredigonda|3 years ago Google Graveyard: https://killedbygoogle.com/
UncleOxidant|3 years ago Or maybe they've laid off the group that was in charge of organizing these competitions? Or will soon? mredigonda|3 years ago They did, indeed, lay off the group in charge of organizing these competitions (or at least the Google Code Jam Program Manager).https://twitter.com/jonathanirvings/status/16220755214872084...
mredigonda|3 years ago They did, indeed, lay off the group in charge of organizing these competitions (or at least the Google Code Jam Program Manager).https://twitter.com/jonathanirvings/status/16220755214872084...
paxys|3 years ago Probably more a sign that these competitions don't help with hiring in any substantial way. mredigonda|3 years ago I believe they do help, but certainly hiring doesn't seem to be a priority for them at the moment.It's strange that they decided to discontinue the entire competition instead of just cancelling this year's one, though.
mredigonda|3 years ago I believe they do help, but certainly hiring doesn't seem to be a priority for them at the moment.It's strange that they decided to discontinue the entire competition instead of just cancelling this year's one, though.
guluarte|3 years ago nah, it's google shutting down a random thing like always mredigonda|3 years ago Google Graveyard: https://killedbygoogle.com/
UncleOxidant|3 years ago
mredigonda|3 years ago
https://twitter.com/jonathanirvings/status/16220755214872084...
paxys|3 years ago
mredigonda|3 years ago
It's strange that they decided to discontinue the entire competition instead of just cancelling this year's one, though.
guluarte|3 years ago
mredigonda|3 years ago