[29052017]

A lot of people here are whining about getting paid.

If there are 200 developers who are willing to participate in such a tournament, then its most likely that they are either jobless, or looking for a better position or find this kind of tournament fair game.

Regarding getting paid for your code, I just want to ask do you get paid for writing/designing programs or solving problems when you go give a regular interview. Of course not. Apart from perhaps from a free lunch at the onsite facility and the travel tickets, do you ever expect to be paid your average hourly rate when you go to give interviews at companies like Google or Apple. I don't think so.

If someone whines about getting paid, then you need to assume that the person has either made it or is not jobless. A lot of jobless people would go great distances to land a job - sitting in a AC room for a day writing programs is surely not that unpleasant a demand.

I am sure that a lot of folks here would have a very different opinion if they were jobless/homeless or looking desperately for a job.

[quickthrower2]

I've read people complain about not getting paid when a company asks you to do a test as the first step but there is no effort exerted by the employer. They want 4 hrs of your time but put 0 in of theirs so far. This thus allows the company to get tens or hundreds of candidates to spend that time when really only one will be selected.

[literallycancer]

If you treat your own time as if it's worth nothing, others will too.