Google Hash Code insights with Jennifer Petoff Google’s Global Director of Site Reliability Engineering Education

Hash Code, Google’s flagship team programming competition, is back. and fully virtual. Join developers around the world as they grow their coding skills and work to optimise real Google engineering problems. To find out more about it Ronan talks to Jennifer Petoff Google’s Global Director of Site Reliability Engineering Education.

Jennifer talks to Ronan about what Hash Code is, how long Hash Code has being going, and how to apply to set up a hub. Jennifer also talks about what hub organisers and the people taking part in Hash Code get out of it, and what are the prizes for the winner.

More about Google Hash Code:
Hash Code is a team programming competition, organised by Google, for students and professionals around the world. You pick your team and programming language and Google picks an engineering problem for you to solve.
This year’s contest kicks off with a Qualification Round, where your team can compete virtually from wherever you’d like, alongside your virtual Hub. Top teams will then be invited to compete from Google’s virtual World Finals.
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