Google I/O 2012 Tickets!
You might already know, I was doing the Google Code Jam Sprint for the chance to buy Google I/O tickets for 2012. The problems were not that difficult, and pretty easy to compared to the Facebook Puzzles I’ve done a while back. But I was mad because my algo for problem A wasn’t working… and I could swear up and down it was correct. Well that turned out to be a mistake on Google’s part. My buddy and I submitted our solutions and waiting to hear back from Google. We didn’t make the original rules cut off, which was for the first 100 submitters… but we got this e-mail later in the day:
Hi bperez,
Thank you for taking the time to participate in the Code Jam Sprint to Google I/O today. It is great to see the effort you put into solving these problems. There was a mistake made in the expected output for problem A which negatively affected some of the contestants. We sincerely apologize for this.
As you know, we intended to provide an opportunity to buy Google I/O tickets to the top 100 scorers. In light of our mistake, we’ve decided instead to offer this opportunity to all participants who have submitted any solution to either of the two problems. Please watch your inbox for a registration code coming shortly.
Thanks again for your participation in this challenge and apologies for our error.
Cheers,
The Code Jam Team
So lets see how amazing my company is. Will they pay for my ticket or not? My old company did without blinking an eye, but I’ve only been here for about a year and still figuring things out. Even if they don’t pay I still might go.