I highly recommend pyweek to anybody interested in coding. It's a one week long competition where you and a team of unlimited size build a game from scratch(mostly) in Python. To prevent cheating, or at least make it harder, a theme is voted on and announced at the beginning.
I'm posting this here because I competitions like this fit well with the ycombinator theme of getting something working out the door quickly. If you've never actually tried to produce something complex quickly by burning hard give this a shot. It is very inspirational to be able to look back at the end and see what you've done. If you're planning on doing a web startup I'd also recommend it as a team building activity. The stress is high, the time limiting, and the competition hectic. You'll find out quickly how well you can work with people in a crunch. And you will learn a lot both about coding and the people you work with.
This is the third one that Erik and I will be entering into. It's a lot of fun and I look forward to seeing some skilled competition coming from here.
Once you sign up you can create an entry which sets up your team. You just enter any team member names that happen to sign up there as well. Your entire team doesn't have to sign up officially.
I'm posting this here because I competitions like this fit well with the ycombinator theme of getting something working out the door quickly. If you've never actually tried to produce something complex quickly by burning hard give this a shot. It is very inspirational to be able to look back at the end and see what you've done. If you're planning on doing a web startup I'd also recommend it as a team building activity. The stress is high, the time limiting, and the competition hectic. You'll find out quickly how well you can work with people in a crunch. And you will learn a lot both about coding and the people you work with.
This is the third one that Erik and I will be entering into. It's a lot of fun and I look forward to seeing some skilled competition coming from here.