Google's Coding Competitions

20 years, more than a million participants and billions of lines of code later, our coding competitions are coming to a close. It's been an honor to learn and enjoy coding with you. Thank you. Join us 4/15 at 2 p.m. UTC for farewell rounds of competition: goo.gle/3SlSIGA

For years, Coding Competitions were hallmark events for developers of all levels. Join us for one final round of Kick Start, Code Jam and Hash Code today. Sign up here: codingcompetitions.withgoogle.com/codejam/regist…

Kick Start, Code Jam and Hash Code have long been known as hallmark competitions for developers of all levels. On 4/15, we will host one final event. Sign up here: codingcompetitions.withgoogle.com/codejam/regist…

✨💻 Celebrate Google’s Coding Competitions with a final round of programming fun → goo.gle/3ILq9hE Join us for one final event on Saturday, April 15th as we host four simultaneous online rounds of competition at varying levels of difficulty. #DevShow

🦾 Brute force, then build. 🧰 For #KickStartTipTuesday, software engineer Phil explains how to begin solving problems before working your way to the most optimized solutions. Sign up for Round A and forge your approach → goo.gle/kickstart2023

🌎 Solve for the @UN’s Sustainable Development Goals using Google technology in this year’s Solution Challenge → goo.gle/3ZrwXYX The top 10 winning teams will receive swag, mentorship from Google, and a cash prize! 🤑 #DeveloperStudentClubs

⚡ #HashCode Hub applications are open! → goo.gle/3ZthTdu ❓ What's a Hub? Can anyone host? Are there any supplies I'd need? Join David and Torey to get the answers, and learn about why YOU should consider hosting a Hub ⬇️

🔑 Hub organizers are key to the #HashCode community. Demonstrate your leadership abilities — organize a Hub! → goo.gle/3ZthTdu 🌐 connect with your local community 🫶 foster teams of developers 📜 get a certificate for organizing goo.gle/3X9iUpy

🚨✨ The 2023 Solution Challenge is officially here! → goo.gle/solutionchalle… University students are invited to build solutions using Google tech that support the @UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Register today for a chance to win swag, mentorship, and a cash prize! 🏆

Why compete? This #KickStartTipTuesday, Sreeramji recommends it to Improve your speed 💨 Work calmly under pressure ⏳ Motivate yourself to achieve a better rank 🏆 Check out the 2023 schedule, starting with Coding Practice with Kick Start on Feb. 24 → goo.gle/kickstart2023

🥁 🥁 🥁 The 2023 competition schedule is now LIVE on our website! Registration opens Feb. 1, meaning NOW is the time to check out round schedules, FAQs and tutorials. 📨 You can also sign up to be notified when registration opens! → g.co/codingcompetit…

👀 Solution Challenge 2023 is right around the corner! 📅 In just one week, register to participate in the Solution Challenge, an annual competition inviting university students to build solutions for community problems using Google tech. Learn more → goo.gle/solutionchalle…

🥳 New year, new #KickStartTipTuesday! 👓 Software engineer Saksham lays out how to make your code easily readable for debugging. Registration for Kick Start opens Feb. 1, meaning it's the perfect time to use these tips on our problem archive → goo.gle/3VeeegB

It's the final problem walk-through from the 2022 Code Jam World Finals, and it's a doozy. ⚠️ No contestant was able to solve "Triangles" in the allotted time. Watch problem author Pablo Heiber visually explain the geometry problem ▶️ goo.gle/3vGhc33

✨ It's the year's last #KickStartTipTuesday! ✨ Take Karim's advice and check out the Kick Start FAQs, where we lay out everything from eligibility and registration to our platform and scoring → goo.gle/3hxh6Y5 📢 And sign up to get email alerts for 2023 registration!

🐶 "Schrödinger and Pavlov" bring their cats and dogs together in this unusual dynamic programming problem from the 2022 Code Jam World Finals. 🐱 Just 9 competitors received the full 50 points for this problem. Mohamed Yosri Ahmed lays it out visually → goo.gle/3BXjwGd

Competing can be a huge confidence boost, but what about when you feel disappointed in yourself? 😢 This #KickStartTipTuesday, Kazi says it's crucial to channel your frustration into motivation. And remember — there's always another chance to compete! 🥹 goo.gle/3YBxVBO

🛝 Slides, slides everywhere! "Slide Parade" from the 2022 Code Jam World Finals wasn't what it appeared to be — it seemed to be about paths, but ended up being a matching problem. Glide through the solution with Timothy Buzzelli → goo.gle/3W0x3F6

🎆 This milestone year for Kick Start was achievable because of Googlers and participants alike. Thank you for joining us. And we can't wait to unveil what's in store next year! Registration for the 2023 season will open on Feb. 1. Learn more → goo.gle/3FSRBtq

In 2022, Kick Start participants submitted 42 million (!) lines of code. Nearly 1,200 Googlers helped us keep up with our growth, working on problem development, dogfooding, and round monitoring. 💖 Like Bartosz, many competed in Kick Start themselves before joining Google.

🎉 Happy birthday to Kick Start and the Google team behind it! 🎉 Our global competition is celebrating a record-breaking 10th season that drew 110,000 participants across 210 countries and territories. It's been an incredible road to 🔟 ↓ goo.gle/3FSRBtq