codeforfood

Re:How can a teenager get a programming job over the summer? on Thursday June 12, 2008 @11:42PM (#216525)

Wow, matasano! I read your blog and I had no idea you were on HN! Unfortunately I live in New York.

Re:How can a teenager get a programming job over the summer? on Thursday June 12, 2008 @10:27PM (#216477)

"Rob and the others have many links, and many USACO alums have become quite prominent. Some really like to help young people out.Rob and the others have many links, and many USACO alums have become quite prominent. Some really like to help young people out."

You seem to know quite a bit about USACO. Are you a USACO alum yourself?

How can a teenager get a programming job over the summer?

Posted by codeforfood on Thursday June 12, 2008 @08:49PM
from the self-post dept.

I am a high school senior who is very talented at programming (at least if I say so myself). In my junior year I was a USACO finalist, so I know my way around algorithms. I know how to program in Java, Python, C++. I have successfully wrote a website in Django in the past. I am now looking for a job for the summer. I have looked at Rent A Coder but it seems inefficient: most of the time is...

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