You are aware of the potential of Python. But do you have the guts to test your developer skills?
Take the Python challenge and show the world of developers what you are made of!
For whatever reasons you do it, the fame or the great prizes, you can practice and compete online from the 26 of February until the 6 of April.
Simply create an account and register.
And the finals, only open to the best, will take place on the 18 of April at the Cisco offices in Diegem.
Rules of the Challenge
The Python Challenge is organised by Cisco, Dimension Data and the ECAM School of Engineering.
Everyone can participate but only belgian residents over 18 years old are eligible to take part at the finals and win the prizes. One registration per person is authorized. The participant can only compete in his own name and not for someone else. Personal information of the participant may be checked through different sources. Personal information must be accurate. Inaccurate or false information given by the participant will invalid the registration or entail the loss of the Prize.
You will have 15 minutes to give the correct answer to as many questions as you can (up to 30). The questions are multiple-choice with one or several correct answers.
The quiz allows the usage of three ‘jokers’: the "50/50", forcing the on-line test to take out half of the answers, the "Ask the challengers", whereby the percentage of the challengers choosing each answer is displayed to you and the "bonus question / Ask a friend", in which the challenger sends a bonus question to one friend during the challenge, after which the friend provides input and the score is adapted accordingly.
The score & level of the questions:
The on-line test contains questions with one level of difficulty: Medium with an associated score of 2 points, if answered correctly. The total score will be the cumulative score of the questions. A wrong answer always gives the same score (-1). When you pass on a question, you don’t win or lose points.
Members of the jury & Generous Contributors of this challenge:
What will be displayed at the end of the challenge ?
Your score and the private leaderboard will be released at the end of the challenge and only visible to you. We are showing the detail of scores to all players at the end of the Challenge, so that the questions can't be shared among players during the Challenge..
If you are in the TOP 100 participants
If you rank among the top 100 participants, your name, first name and score will be posted on the leaderboard and visible to all the challengers. The top 10 participants of each category (IT student and IT Pro) will be invited for the finals. The finals will take place at the Headquarter of Cisco in Brussels.
Data privacy
In the context of this competition, the following personal data about the participants will be collected and processed: name, address, date of birth, email address, telephone number and possibly Linkedin profile. The organizers’ servers will automatically save specific data such as: adress, date and time. Personal data are collected and processed for the following uses:
- To enable and oversee the correct competition process
- To analyze and optimize EDITx
- To set up the Statboard & Leaderboard at the end of the challenge
EDITx shares the personal information (Last Name, First Name, Mobile and Email) of the participants with and only with the Owner of the challenge (Cisco, Dimension Data & ECAM) and with any governmental agency or Authority (in Belgium, Luxembourg or Nederland) or authority at their request (in case of irregularities).
Disqualification
Any of the following reasons will justify a disqualification even if we feel sorry for that.
- Communicating and/or publishing any kind of data, questions or solutions in liaison with the challenge, and sharing directly or indirectly this information with any other contestant before the challenge has been closed
- Attempting to damage the website or taking action that may have a negative impact on the normal process/operating procedure of the challenge. Incidentally this may also be considered as a legal violation and the Organizer reserves the right to initiate a legal procedure and claim damages before the Court
- Taking any action in violation of the copyrights/IP that belong to the Authors of the questions (Professors of the ECAM Engineering School & EDITx IT Educators Community)
- Having multiple profiles while participating to the challenge
EDITx Regulation and general conditions
Cookies, intellectual property, data privacy, responsibility, applicable law and court jurisdiction: for more information, see Challenge terms, Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Challenge closed !
- 50-50
- Ask the challengers
- Ask a friend
- 1st Pro: Full main conference pass for Cisco Live Barcelona 2019 + an Entreprise Meraki stack (including wireless, switching & security) with a special enablement 1 day training at Cisco Brussels focusing on solutions integration
- 2nd Pro: Entreprise Meraki stack (including wireless, switching & security) with a special enablement 1 day training at Cisco Brussels focusing on solutions integration & development (API, etc)
- 3rd Pro: Entreprise Meraki stack (including wireless, switching & security) with a special enablement 1 day training at Cisco Brussels focusing on solutions integration & development (API, etc)
- 1st Student: explorer conference pass for Cisco Live Barcelona 2019 (Access to DevNet zone, keynotes & World of Solutions) + an Entreprise Meraki stack (including wireless, switching & security) with a special enablement 1
- 2nd Student: Entreprise Meraki stack (including wireless, switching & security) with a special enablement 1 day training at Cisco Brussels focusing on solutions integration & development (API, etc)
- 3rd Student: Entreprise Meraki stack (including wireless, switching & security) with a special enablement 1 day training at Cisco Brussels focusing on solutions integration & development (API, etc)
