[rfzabick]

> 3) The tryout project There are differences between this and the crypto challenge (I can do the crypto challenge in my free time while holding on to my current job, I'm learning cool stuff from the crypto challenge, no $ involved, etc.)

There are also enough similarities that I'm surprised that you're so opposed, especially since you kind of dangle an interview offer at the end of solving the whole crypto challenge. From your side of the table, what are you looking at from people who finish the crypto challenge?

[tptacek]

The prospect of interviewing with us is not the reason most people go through the crypto challenges. They're intended to be intrinsically interesting.