January 8, 2013 05:14 am GMT
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HackerRank Will Host Back To School Hackathon, Bringing College Students To Hot Startups
HackerRankhas hosted college-focused hackathons before, but on February 2, it plans to connect some of the top coding talent in universities with some of the best-known companies in Silicon Valley.Developed by the same company behind InterviewStreet, a site where companies find programmers by hosting "CodeSprints," the HackerRank service launched last fall at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference. Co-founder Vivek Ravisankar said the goal is to create a community where hackers can complete programming challenges and see how they stack up against others. Unlike Coursera and Udacity, HackerRank is less focused on teaching you the basics of programming and more on letting coders practice their skills, he said.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/9OSFLHhTCj0/
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