Virtual Code Gladiators 2020 offers coders opportunity to stay competitive amid Covid-19 crisis

New Delhi: Coronavirus pandemic has led the world’s biggest coding competition – TechGig Code Gladiators – to go ‘completely online’ this year. The finale of Code Gladiators 2020 will conclude with a virtual grand finale and felicitation ceremony to boost participation when travelling is prohibited, and social distancing is the new norm.

Another highlight of TechGig Code Gladiators 2020 edition would be the Virtual Career Fair that will help companies interact with coders and conduct live interviews in a COVID-19 fear-free environment via LiveCode. This tool will help companies conduct on-site tech interviews remotely, assess candidates’ coding and communication skills real-time and replay interview videos to benchmark and hire the best fit.

“TechGig Code Gladiators is a platform for anybody who loves to code and can solve complex business problems with the power of code. The contest plays a level playing field for every coder including first-year engineering students to experienced IT professionals. Amid COVID-19 crisis, we will be hosting a virtual grand finale of TechGig Code Gladiators that will be no less in terms of grandeur, engagement, networking and ROI for clients from the offline event. I think Code Gladiators will keep all coders engaged and motivated during the lockdown period. It will be like #CodeinQuarantine,” said Sanjay Goyal, Business Head, TimesJobs and TechGig.

In its 7th edition, TechGig Code Gladiators aims to see even higher registrations than the last year. The 2019 edition of Code Gladiators noted 2,62,000+ registrations, by far the highest ever number so far since its inception in 2014. The 2017 edition of Code Gladiators bagged the Guinness World Record for being the largest computer programming competition.

The technology community waits for the TechGig Code Gladiators excitedly, as companies see it as the perfect platform to meet and hire pre-assessed technologists. And they will be able to do this from the safety of their home amid COVID-19 crisis.

This year, the hackathon themes include new-age technologies as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, IoT, Blockchain, Cloud computing, Microsoft Azure, and RPA. The winners will take home certificates, trophies and prizes worth Rs 50 Lakhs.