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[Sign-up by July 24th] Codelab to prepare for Kick Start 2018 (Next round on July 29th)
Each round invites students and industry professionals to solve algorithmic challenges designed by Google engineers—you can participate in one, or join them all. Kickstart is a great way for students to not only have fun, but also get a glimpse into the programming skills needed for a technical career at Google. The top participants from each round may be contacted by a Google recruiter. The next round is scheduled for July 29th, 2018. Please register via the website.
Prepare with a codelab (duration ~2-3 hours)
We've prepared a small codelab (a tutorial combining explanation, working example code, and code exercise) to cover some basic algorithms which will help in the upcoming rounds.
For the codelab, you would need an internet connection and basic programming skills in a language of your choice, and of course, a little enthusiasm and energy to get through the codelab. We recommend having facilitators (a faculty or a fellow student) who can help if needed, and pursue the codelab as a group exercise. If you're a facilitator, it would be nice to brush up on some combinatorics, dynamic programming (DP) and geometry skills. The time it would take a student to finish the codelab would depend on their current understanding and skill, but to err on the safe side, be ready to put in 2-3 hours.
Sign-up for the Codelab by 23rd July
Please sign-up via this form and we will send you the codelab material via email. Do the codelab before July 28th and participate in the Kick Start round on July 29th. We recommend that you work on the codelab in groups so that it's both fun and you can learn from one another. Do it at your convenience! And plan on having a facilitator (a faculty or a fellow student) who can help if needed.
Feedback/Questions
When we send the codelab via email, we will also send a link to a feedback form. Any concepts that are difficult or if you have questions about specific problems, please share/ask via the feedback form. We will address the concepts/questions as part of a livestream that we are hosting in early August.
Post July 29th
We will host a Youtube livestream, in which we'll cover questions/concepts asked in the codelab exercise, discuss problems, common tips and tricks, strategies and general Q&A regarding Kick Start. We will share the livestream link with everyone who signs up for the codelab.
Thank you,
Talent & Outreach Programs Team
Google India