Winner of the eGenting Competition 2006
Neither 3rd, nor 2nd. But 1st place in the eGenting Competition 2006. Well I've pulled off what I thought would be impossible, especially because of my choice of an obscure language that I bet 99.9% of the programmers in Malaysia haven't heard of.
The direct reward? 6000 MYR + a Job Offer.
- The money, great, some extra pocket money.
- The Job Offer? Doesn't seem like a bad incentive, plus it doesn't leave me out in the cold.
The indirect reward?
- Clout. I can finally be a voice to be reckoned with, instead of just 'another student', especially in the face of the level of IT graduates in Malaysia.
- Hopefully recognition of the importance that Free and Open Source Software had on my education. I do not doubt that it has been one of the best mentors I've ever had.
I dared to defy convention, and use Ruby instead of the suggested C++ or Java.
Best of luck to all participants, I hope to see (and compete against) you next time (if I can still participate).
I've been told I haven't released my Ruby solutions, which I must have forgotten. They still need a bit of cleaning up, and I'll post it in the upcoming weeks, after I've settled back in Malaysia.
Sadly they haven't uploaded the pictures yet. So stay tune to this site, and I'll keep you updated.
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February 6th, 2007 - 08:32
Aizat, you make me proud. So when are u inviting me to the celebration dinner! I want to see u win another big one.
February 6th, 2007 - 13:17
d(^.~) : congratulation, well done !
February 6th, 2007 - 15:12
CONGRATS MAN!!!
February 6th, 2007 - 19:32
congrates! eventhough i dunno what happened, but keep up the good work
btw, me/we back this Sunday, meet up with other OSS guys?
February 6th, 2007 - 22:57
Congrats dude, you make the my OSS scene proud!!!
February 7th, 2007 - 01:01
Dude, grreatt…! Congratulations and enjoy the prize!!!
February 7th, 2007 - 01:05
Congratulation! Its just WOW! – bigger than Vista! You have proved something big. You’ll be in history.
February 7th, 2007 - 07:50
Wow, thank you everyone!
February 7th, 2007 - 09:37
Congratulations!
Feels sweet to be vindicated doesn’t it? I’m especially happy that you won this, when MNCC wouldn’t recognize your previous efforts.
February 7th, 2007 - 19:20
Congratulation!
you are so good. anyway can we be a friend?
February 8th, 2007 - 00:53
Congratulation!
Have you taken the $$ ? lets celebrate ! hehe
February 8th, 2007 - 15:06
Congrats!
February 8th, 2007 - 23:30
A one-up for both Malaysian Ruby programmers and open source advocates. Congratulations and thank you!
February 9th, 2007 - 11:19
Congrats, aizat. Good PR for ruby hackers. Any chance of breakdown of the other language choices used in the compo?
February 9th, 2007 - 12:17
Congrats dude. U rock. Ruby is sexy too.
- adli
February 10th, 2007 - 02:50
@han
Apologies man, you’ll probably have to ask eGenting about that.
February 10th, 2007 - 10:17
Congrats bro.
February 10th, 2007 - 10:32
Congratulations! u rock dude!
February 10th, 2007 - 12:40
yup, a wonderful feat
February 11th, 2007 - 08:36
My late coming congras.!
February 11th, 2007 - 20:55
dood
you tha man
congrats
be different!
February 26th, 2007 - 11:58
Tahniah!
March 1st, 2007 - 19:59
Its late, but congratulations
December 16th, 2007 - 09:07
Congrats.
I’m a year slow but it’s not too late to find out that you’re one of the Open Malaysia guys.
- yc
July 6th, 2008 - 10:16
I don’t know where to put this but I can’t find your related post plugin anywhere even at your website. Is it still available?
October 12th, 2008 - 00:25
Hope many people join in 2008 egpc. Don’t let me see that 50% of people runaway after the buffet hour. Haha.a…