"Have you got what it takes?" (No.) "Can you take the pressure?" (No.) "Know how to solve problems?" (No.) "Know algorithms?" (What?) Those are my aswers to the pep-talk introduction to Google Code Jam 2005 (if it were Coed Jam, that would be a different story…), but if you have a working brain you should know that the competition is back. Money and prestige accrue to the top 100 winners. A qualifying round identifies the top 500 scorers who jproceed to the competition proper. Good luck. Wake me up when it's over.
