With the objective of disseminating its services of IBM launched last Tuesday (21) the Behind the Code Marathon, a programming championship whose prize will be a visit to the company's laboratories in San Francisco (CA). 5q6ou
There will be 9 real challenges presented for six weeks to competitors, who will have to present solutions using Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Blockchain and Kubernetes technologies, among others. Registration is now open and can be done through the website. marathon.dev until the 5th of July.
"As proof that in a blacksmith's house the skewer is made of iron, the codes sent will be tested and validated by an IBM robot".
Sérgio Gama, Senior Developer Advocate Leader at IBM in Latin America
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“Today we have the advantage of having technology available and accessible to everyone. It doesn't take longer to arrive in Brazil as in the past. All IBM technology is available, whether for a startup or a large company. There are more than 190 cloud services – Watson, IoT Big Data, etc.”
Marcelo Spaziani, Vice President of Sales for Latin America at IBM
It's an unprecedented marathon. There are 42 days, 9 tests, always available on weekends so that a corporate developer has the opportunity to enter on an equal footing with those who have more flexible hours.
“But there's no point in having this tool available if we don't have qualified professionals. This marathon brings real challenges brought by real companies, such as Boticário and Pão de Açúcar, so that developers can create the best solution for them using IBM technologies. Any community can participate. ”
Marcelo Spaziani, Vice President of Sales for Latin America at IBM
The first challenge will be launched on July 6th and the marathon will end on August 1st, when the 100 developers who will go to the IT Forum+ in Bahia. There will be a competition face-to-face, who will decide who will take the title of 1st Master Dev from Brazil. The first five places will win a trip to San Francisco (CA), where they will visit an IBM Laboratory and participate in an immersion to develop skills and abilities in artificial intelligence and other technologies.
“We believe that our success in the transition to the digital economy depends not only on the adoption of new technologies, but also on working collaboratively with the entire business ecosystem”, said Spaziani. According to him, with this initiative, the IBM aims to combine the best of both worlds: the talent and skills of Brazilian developers and important local and international companies that want to recruit new talent trained in new technologies.
According to the consulting firm IDC, from 2018 to 2023, around 30 million new enterprise applications will be created by developers in Latin America. A study of the developer community Stack Overflow states that, currently, the technology of Cloud Computing is used by more than half of enterprise developers worldwide and another 28% of them plan to start developing in the cloud within the next 12 months.
“Today, developers are at the center, not just of technological advances, but of business innovation. With this initiative we intend to bring together developers, programmers, designers, students and coders from all over Brazil so that they can apply their knowledge in a cloud architecture, presenting business challenges that they will need to solve to win the marathon.”
Antonio Martins, President of IBM Brazil
