[alex_t]

i found almost offensive that they offer just 10k for such a task

[forrestkyle]

This contest is not meant for Ferengi such as yourself, but the noble hackers of the Federation. And Vulcans.

[3327]

I believe this wraps it up, lets move along now...

[mikeash]

A lot of people would jump on this kind of thing for free. Don't like the money? Don't enter the contest.

[unimpressive]

I'm flattered they'd ask me for my opinion.

[DanBC]

It's a fun, hard, puzzle. Some people enjoy fun hard puzzles. This puzzle gives those people a small chance of winning some cash as well as giving them a fun hard puzzle to work on.

[hakaaaaak]

10k's a hell of a lot more than I get for developing my open-source projects...

[VikingCoder]

$10,000 and a line-item on your resume that's pretty hard to beat.

[hakaaaaak]

They are also giving out 5 letters of recommendation, which may be even better than a line-item on your resume.

[tlrobinson]

Fortunately for you they're not forcing you to do it.

[pharrington]

Truth. I don't even get out of bed for less than 10k.

[anigbrowl]

If they can get solutions at that price, why pay more? Besides, having that on your resume pretty much guarantees future consulting $.