Winner of the eGenting Competition 2006
February 5th, 2007 by aizatto
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.
Pak Alang Says
Aizat, you make me proud. So when are u inviting me to the celebration dinner! I want to see u win another big one.
Feb 6th, 2007 at 8:32 am
kenmin Says
d(^.~) : congratulation, well done !
Feb 6th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Seymores Says
CONGRATS MAN!!!
Feb 6th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
wahlau Says
congrates! eventhough i dunno what happened, but keep up the good work
btw, me/we back this Sunday, meet up with other OSS guys?
Feb 6th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
pocketboy Says
Congrats dude, you make the my OSS scene proud!!!
Feb 6th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Hasan Says
Dude, grreatt…! Congratulations and enjoy the prize!!!
Feb 7th, 2007 at 1:01 am
codept Says
Congratulation! Its just WOW! - bigger than Vista! You have proved something big. You’ll be in history.
Feb 7th, 2007 at 1:05 am
aizatto Says
Wow, thank you everyone!
Feb 7th, 2007 at 7:50 am
kaeru Says
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.
Feb 7th, 2007 at 9:37 am
David Says
Congratulation!
you are so good. anyway can we be a friend?
Feb 7th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
mysuface Says
Congratulation!
Have you taken the $$ ? lets celebrate ! hehe
Feb 8th, 2007 at 12:53 am
Irwan Says
Congrats!
Feb 8th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Kris Khaira Says
A one-up for both Malaysian Ruby programmers and open source advocates. Congratulations and thank you!
Feb 8th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
Han Says
Congrats, aizat. Good PR for ruby hackers. Any chance of breakdown of the other language choices used in the compo?
Feb 9th, 2007 at 11:19 am
adli Says
Congrats dude. U rock. Ruby is sexy too.
- adli
Feb 9th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
aizatto Says
@han
Apologies man, you’ll probably have to ask eGenting about that.
Feb 10th, 2007 at 2:50 am
SMD Says
Congrats bro.
Feb 10th, 2007 at 10:17 am
chfl4gs_ Says
Congratulations! u rock dude!
Feb 10th, 2007 at 10:32 am
mypapit Says
yup, a wonderful feat
Feb 10th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Paul Ooi Says
My late coming congras.!
Feb 11th, 2007 at 8:36 am
kedai Says
dood
you tha man
congrats
be different!
Feb 11th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
Hariadi Says
Tahniah!
Feb 26th, 2007 at 11:58 am
colin Says
Its late, but congratulations
Mar 1st, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Yuen-Chi Lian Says
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
Dec 16th, 2007 at 9:07 am