I once participated in a contest very similar to this one against a class of upper level engineering students. It turned out that I couldn’t use the software package required for the contest due to irrelevant VPN issues. After the contest period was up, I had my $5 of play money sitting untouched, and every other student had less than $5 due. I won the contest.
Just sayin’, being able to use the software is not necessarily required to win.
Sounds interesting! My participation is primarily contingent on how easy the software platform you end up finding is to use.
I once participated in a contest very similar to this one against a class of upper level engineering students. It turned out that I couldn’t use the software package required for the contest due to irrelevant VPN issues. After the contest period was up, I had my $5 of play money sitting untouched, and every other student had less than $5 due. I won the contest.
Just sayin’, being able to use the software is not necessarily required to win.