The Facebook Hacker Cup is an annual worldwide programming competition where hackers compete against each other for fame, fortune, glory and a shot at the coveted Hacker Cup.

link:

http://www.facebook.com/hackercup

What is the Hacker Cup?

The Hacker Cup is Facebook’s international coding competition. The contest consists of three online rounds and a final round held at Facebook’s headquarters. This is your chance to compete against the worlds best programmers and potentially win the title of world champion and other awesome prizes.

What prizes can be won?
The top 25 scoring contestants from Online Round 2 will be flown out to Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California, USA to compete in the Finals. The onsite finals will happen on Friday, March 11, 2011. Travel and accommodation will be covered by Facebook.

The finalists will be competing for:
1st place: $5,000
2nd place: $2,000
3rd place: $1,000
4th – 25th place: $100

The top 300 scoring contestants in Online Round 2 will get a Hacker Cup t-shirt. A cash prize of equivalent value may be given where required by law, or at Facebook’s discretion. Any duties and taxes (if applicable) are the sole responsibility of the recipients.
Onsite Final Round
Facebook will fly the top-scoring 25 competitors to Palo Alto, California, for the final round of competition on March 11, 2011, where they’ll receive some great cash prizes and other awesome goodies

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