Meta Hacker Cup
International programming competition organized by Meta Platforms / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Meta Hacker Cup (formerly known as Facebook Hacker Cup) is an annual international programming competition hosted and administered by Meta Platforms. The competition began in 2011 as a means to identify top engineering talent for potential employment at Meta Platforms.[2] The competition consists of a set of algorithmic problems which must be solved in a fixed amount of time. Competitors may use any programming language and development environment to write their solutions.
Meta Hacker Cup | |
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Status | Active |
Frequency | Annually |
Country | Worldwide |
Years active | 2011–present |
Inaugurated | 2011 |
Most recent | September 22 - December 9, 2023 |
Attendance | 20,234 (2023)[1] |
Budget | $20,000 for winner, smaller prizes for runners-up |
Organised by | Meta Platforms |
Website | https://www.facebook.com/codingcompetitions/hacker-cup/ |
Facebook Hacker Cup is part of a circuit of annual international programming contests that included Google Code Jam, Topcoder Open, and the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. It has been featured in articles from Bloomberg[3] and Stack Overflow.[4]