Because free time is something disproportionately available to the privileged. I grew up in a household where money, even if it wasn't abundant, wasn't a huge concern, so I could spend my time outside of school learning math/computers. I've never had to keep a part-time job to put food on the table, spend anhours walking because I couldn't afford gas, or generally be forced to trade my time for money at a terrible ratio. There are people who have, many of whom are likely a better candidate than me, who might just not have the time or mental energy to get home and spend 6 hours hacking on microcontrollers.
I’m curious as to how much this will select for people with free time. Many of the CTFs I’ve played in required a quite non-trivial amount of investment of time (which I didn’t mind, as they’ve been quite enjoyable), but there are certainly people who can’t afford n dozen hours to solve problems due to family/work/other obligations.
I do think this is significantly better than the alternative, but I’m also concerned that it will just create a new class of people who do unfairly poorly in the hiring process.
I'm in the market for a summer internship where I can learn new things and solve interesting problems. I love technologies at the intersection of mathematics and computing and helping real people solve real problems, and I would love to get in touch. Thanks!
Piggybacking off of this, if anyone would be so kind as to give me their opinion on my resume at http://writes.co.de/resume.pdf, I would be very appreciative. For what it's worth, I'm looking for an internship over the summer
I'm looking for a summer internship where I can solve interesting problems. I love the intersection of mathematics and computer science, learning new things, and helping people. Get in touch!
I love solving interesting problems using powerful tools. I'm open to work in pretty much any area or company as long as I'm challenged. Drop me a line if you want to work together.
HMO:
I'm designing and running a STEM curriculum for a local Boy Scout camp. We'll have more than 1000 11-17-year-olds come through to do merit badges and "Open STEM" which is basically relatively unstructured exploration of STEM related stuff (see: building catapults, model aircraft, what-if.xkcd.com style questions). We don't have a huge budget, but there's a small fund for needs.
I would appreciate:
- Advice on what to cover/the kinds of activities to put on
- Resources for cool cheap/free science-y things to give out/use
