Wanted: Nerds with ninja-like coding skills for prize worth $10K and maybe a job

Instructure http://instructure.com/mebipenny , a Utah startup company that has launched a new online learning management platform, has expanded its client base to 60 universities in recent months, creating the need to hire dozens of software engineers.

To connect with young programers, particularly computer-science students, the firm is holding a coding contest Saturday to give away more than $10,000 and to identify potential new hires. The event is called the MebiPenny Coding Competition "where nerds battle for money and glory." The contest name keys off the computer term mebibyte, or 1,024 bytes squared. Translated to pennies, this sum equals $10,485.76, and that’s how much the winner will take home after two rounds of coding online, followed by a final round in person.

By Brian Maffly

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