Are you a top coder?

[Darren Dirt]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TopCoder

Sounds like a bunch of fun activities to challenge yourself, if you're a true code monkey and/or if you want a way to steadily increase your mad coding skillz!

This site has been around since 2001 but somehow I never heard of it! Found out today via a comment* at http://www.quora.com/Algorithms/If-advanced-algorithms-and-data-structures-are-never-used-in-industry-then-why-learn-them

* "I believe that these 10 years of programming competitions was what made a difference between being a programmer and being an architect..."

[Mr. Analog]

Nah, The Stig beats me every time

[Tom]

Or The Stig's nerdy brother.

[Darren Dirt]

Nah, The Stig beats me every time

'splain plz.

[Mr. Analog]

Nah, The Stig beats me every time

'splain plz.

Top Coder = Top Gear

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stig

[Darren Dirt]

Nah, The Stig beats me every time

'splain plz.

Top Coder = Top Gear

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stig

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TopCoder

Clean your glasses, son

[Mr. Analog]

Nah, The Stig beats me every time

'splain plz.

Top Coder = Top Gear

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stig

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TopCoder

Clean your glasses, son

The font is even the same in the logo, clearly they had inspriation

[Darren Dirt]

The font is even the same in the logo, clearly they had inspriation

Oh.



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(see attached -- not really the "same" at all...)

[Mr. Analog]

I could have sworn they were closer

[Thorin]

Hey, they're using the exact same font in your address bar!

[Mr. Analog]

I KNOW!!

Comic Sans!