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Gamification of Programming

Name: Anonymous 2013-07-16 16:38

I'm looking to start a company that specializes in crowdsourcing programs by giving the public rewards for their efforts. I'm thinking something like those old keyboarding programs that you had in elementary school (except you Nikita, because you didn't go to elementary school), where the cloud floats by and you type the right keys. It could be something like having a problem float by, along with a snippet of the code previous to it, and the user has to type the appropriate next statement. It could be packaged in a flash file and put on Facebook with ads for additional revenue. Companies will go for it because it allows them to keep most of their code closed source, while still getting free labor.

What do you think everyone?

Name: Anonymous 2013-07-16 17:27

This will produce absolutely worthless and random code. ANDRU could probably write better stuff.

That said, it is not a bad idea. Just get some big contracts from governments and large ENTERPRISE corporations. They are used to things going $50M over-budget then canceling the project, and if you can lock them in for a long contract, by the time it is expired and you don't have anything to show for it, they'll refuse to say it was a bad idea and will pay you even more to keep trying.

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