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Quixey Challenge Results Are In!

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Jordan

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Thank you to everyone that participated in the April Quixey Challenge! 

It was the 1st national Quixey Challenge and had the highest number of challenge participants to date!

Here are some results for all those that are curious about the challenge results…

5 Challenges – Fix a bug in 1 minute. Win $100.
325 registered for a challenge
14 solved a bug in under 60 seconds (4%)

C_programming_languageChallenge # 1
Coding Language: C
Participants: 100
# that solved in under 60 seconds: 6
Fastest time: 39 seconds

 

coffeescript_logo_Readyforce_quixey_challegeChallenge # 2
Coding Language: CoffeeScript
Participants: 27
# that solved in under 60 seconds: 0
Fastest time: N/A

Python_logoChallenge # 3
Coding Language: Python 3
Participants: 77
# that solved in under 60 seconds: 0
Fastest time: N/A

Challenge # 4
Python_logoCoding Language: Python 3
Participants: 56
# that solved in under 60 seconds: 1
Fastest time: 59 seconds

 

Quixey_challenge_Java_logoChallenge # 5
Coding Language: Java
Participants: 65
# that solved in under 60 seconds: 7
Fastest time: 13 seconds

 

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks for playing! 

Stay tuned for details on the next coding challenge! 

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Readyforce and Quixey Team Up To Host Nationwide Coding Challenge

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Jordan

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It has been a couple of months since the last Quixey challenge gave coders the opportunity to find and solve a bug in 60 seconds to win $100 but good news… the Quixey Challenge is back!

Readyforce and Quixey have teamed up to give coders from around the country a shot at bug solving glory.


We wanted to bring the Quixey challenge back in a big way, so today we are happy to announce that the 1st nationwide Quixey Challenge will be happening Sunday, April 28th!
The nitty gritty details are below.

There is a limited number of spots open so sign up today to reserve your spot!

SIGN UP HERE


When: Sunday, April 28th

The challenges will take place at 12 noon, 3pm, 5pm, 6pm and 9pm (all times pacific)

The Quixey Challenge is a 100% free coding challenge and takes less than 10 minutes to participate in.  Find and solve a bug in under 60 seconds and win $100. It’s that simple.

There will be a total of 5 challenges throughout Sunday with a limit of 100 participants per challenge.  To sign up and reserve your spot you must register here: ….it takes less than 15 seconds.

You can only participate in 1 challenge per day but feel free to register for whichever time is best for your schedule.  The challenge is limited to 100 participants and registration is on a first come, first serve basis so please register ASAP.

After registering, there is a practice area for you to get used to the format of the challenge and sharpen your skills.

The challenges will all vary but will be in one of the following programming languages:

  • Python 3
  • Javascript
  • Java
  • C
  • Coffeescript

 

Take a look at the screenshot below for an example of what a challenge looks like:

Quixey_Readyforce_coding_challenge_screenshot

Remember: 100 spots per challenge, available on a first come first served basis.

REGISTER HERE

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Product Highlights: Custom Profile URL’s For All!

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Jordan

Companies and individual Readyforce members alike now can choose their public Readyforce profile URL!

Individual and company profiles URL’s currently default to either your name or company name. E.g. readyforce.com/johndoe or readyforce.com/companyname

If you would like to change, shorten or get creative with your individual or company profile URL the how to guide is below:

How to Customize Your Profile URL

1. Once logged in, go to your Readyforce profile by clicking on your name in the upper right hand corner on any Readyforce page.

A dropdown menu will appear with various selections
- Select “My Profile” to access your individual profile
- Select “My Company” to access a company profile

2. Click on the current default URL underneath the large picture in the upper right hand corner


3. Once you have clicked the default URL, you can customize what your public profile URL will be
4. Hit save and you’re done!

Be careful changing your URL.

The currently active URL will become a dead-link after it has been changed.

E.g. readyforce.com/companyname will no longer direct to your profile as a URL or link if changed to readyforce.com/companyname1234

 

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2 New Features: Activity Dashboard & Company Multi-User Feature

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Jordan

It has been a busy start to 2013 for the Dev Team here at Readyforce.  We hit the ground running and recently launched two new features that we think will be awesome for students and companies!

Check out the Activity Dashboard and the Company Multi-User features below…

Activity Dashboard

  1. Activity Dashboard ScreeshotEasy access to your activity dashboard is only a click away using the “Activity” tab near the top of your browser window.  Equipped with a handy dandy red notification badge you’re sure to know if you have any notifications waiting for you!
  2. A notifications bar will appear here if you have any pending intro requests. Click on it to open a drop down menu that contains your pending requests.
  3. Check out trending students if you are a company or trending companies if you are a student by clicking on this drop down menu.
  4. Activity on Readyforce will auto populate here in the feed to give you up to date info.  You can see updates from companies or students that you follow, new students and companies that have joined and other info we think you will find valuable.
  5. Check out how you rank in search results here. (Adding more info, pics, videos and links is never a bad way to show up in more search results)
  6. See the activity on your profile here. Check out the number of profile views you had, unique visitors to your page and if you have any new followers.

Company Multi-User Feature

  1. 2013-01-16_17-30-42Click here to add a person to your company profile.
  2. Enter the email address associated with the Readyforce profile of your employee to be added here.  (Employee must have a Readyforce profile to have a name and picture.)
  3. Click the “Company Admin” box to make the employee you’re adding an admin (multi admins supported) or click the “Receives introductions” box to make sure the employee you’re adding gets notified that your company has received an introduction request.
  4. The new employee added will appear here for all profile visitors to see!  The text on their name is a link to their Readyforce profile.

Questions? Comments? We love feedback. Let’s us know in the comments.

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