Are Contests the Best Way To Find Programmers?

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Nerval's Lobster writes "Tech firms are engaging in several non-traditional hiring methods, from programming contests to finding the right people via algorithm. One of the more popular methods: set up a coding challenge or programming contest to bring out interested parties, with the top prize being a trip to the sponsoring company's headquarters to interview for a job. Look at what Facebook is doing in this area, sponsoring several Kaggle.com programming contests to find the best programmers; it also makes use of the site InterviewStreet to screen potential applicants. In theory, any company can build and run a contest online. But is it really the best way to go about hiring a programmer (or any other tech-minded employee, for that matter)?" http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (http://twitter.com/home?status=Are+Contests+the+Best+Way+To+Find+Prog rammers%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F12dDcfH) http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.slashdot.org% 2Fstory%2F13%2F05%2F07%2F1345221%2Fare-contests-the-best-way-to-find-programmers%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3 Dfacebook) http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png (http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://developers.slashdot.org/story/13/05/07/1345221/are-contests-the-best-way-to-find-programmers?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=googleplus)

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