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Студенческий конкурс по программированию на платформе IBM System z проводится во многих странах мира. Что студенты и их преподаватели пишут о конкурсе?
Отзывы участников и преподавателей о конкурсе
- "I would like to say
that this is one of the coolest contests that I have ever
entered. I mean the chance to have your resume posted through
your database is probably the best prize you could offer in my
eyes. I have been working on the mainframe for over a year now
with the internship I currently have and I have learned so many
things through this contest that have impressed my co-workers. So
once again, Thank you for everything and I cant wait to hear the
results and get on with Part 3!!!!"
- Student, State University of New York at Oswego - "This stuff is
brilliant, and I hope your team has gotten positive feedback on
the incredible mainframe exposure that it's given to students."
- Professor, University of Texas, Austin - "I wanted thank the
contest team for putting on another great contest this year.
Ya'll add something new to it every year.It is definitely a
learning experience every time. I appreciate all the hard work
ya'll put into it."
- Student, Texas A&M University - "From what I have seen
of the contest it looks like a great opportunity for students to
get a feel for the mainframe environment! Thanks!"
- Professor, Fox Valley Technical College - "I participated in the
Master the Mainframe competition last year and enjoyed the
challenge of learning how to be productive on Big Iron. In fact,
a mere mention of mainframe knowledge alone during an interview
very likely earned me an internship over the summer scheduling
jobs using TWS. I'm hoping to learn more this time around and
dive into part 3 to gain more skills that could open up more
exciting opportunities in this field."
- Student, Missouri University of Science and Technology - "Thanks again for the
great contest."
- Student, Durham College - "I am in the middle of
a computing conference and with only just my laptop and with slow
internet connection but I made sure I was poised by 12 noon EST
to begin Part 1. Thank you very much for this opportunity to
learn skills in mainframe programming."
- Student, North Carolina State University - "Thank you once again
for hosting this competition. I enjoy the challenges very much as
well as learning more about mainframes and parallel sysplex."
- Student, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - "I'm currently going
through all of the problems again, quadruple checking my work and
doing some problems over so that I have a better handle before
submitting and going on to Part 3. I'm having a blast with this
competition!"
- Student, University of Hawaii at Hilo - "Thought I'd let you
know I am just getting started with part three of the contest,
and I have already learned a ton of new stuff! I found the DB2
exercises to be really interesting. Because they are so critical,
I don't get an opportunity to work with applications like this
outside of the contest. Master the Mainframe has really given me
an opportunity to broaden my horizons - I can now add another
skill to my resume! I am currently working on the Java/DB2
question and I am finding it to be a great challenge. I have to
admit I regret not competing in Part Three of the contest last
year. This seems to be where all the really fun stuff is!! I am
looking forward to seeing what else you guys have waiting for me.
Wish me luck and thanks for the great experience !! :-)"
- Student, Georgian College - "It has been a great
experience so far! Hope everybody else is having great fun too...
Thanks once again for the opportunity."
- Student, University of Oklahoma - "Things are going well
and I am having a ball trying out the contest with my students. I
finished the part two portion this weekend and have begun COBOL
programming, who said COBOL was dead; HA HA."
- Professor, Medgar Evers College - "Just finished part 2
and looking for the real challenge! :-) Great contest so far! I'm
learning TONS. Thanks!"
- Student, Louisiana State University - "I am enjoying playing
around with the mainframe! It is lots of fun! I appreciate this
contest and am looking forward to spending many hours on your
mainframe for part three :) Thank you so much for running such a
cool contest."
- Student, Lake Sumter Community College - "I realize at this
point I have little chance of finishing part three by the
deadline, so I'm wondering if IBM is going to allow us to
continue playing around with the system after the deadline
lapses? I would really enjoy the chance to continue looking
around, the contest has been fun and challenging so far. Thanks
for hosting it."
- Student, University of Denver - "My participation and
successful completion of Part One (I'm still working on Part Two)
of the IBM Master the Mainframe Contest helped to get me a job at
[an international bank] working as a Junior Systems Support
Analyst. This position has never been offered to a student before
and I never would have been able to secure it without all that I
have learned so far in the contest. Thanks for the great
experience! I really appreciate it!"
- Student, Georgian College - "My students are
enjoying it. So am I. I've never used anything like this."
- Teacher, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Science and the Arts - "Thank you for
organizing this great contest."
- Student, Columbia University - "The hands on
experience with z/OS got me even more interested in the mainframe
world. With the experience I've gained through classes and the
contest I have secured a job working on the z/OS operating
system. I would recommend the contest to anyone who is interested
in computer science and IT in general, many people will never
have a chance to interact directly with a mainframe, and this is
a great opportunity."
- Student, Northern Illinois University - "I would like to thank
you for the opportunity to participate in this contest and also
thank you for providing such a rewarding experience. I thoroughly
enjoyed the time that I have devoted to this contest. I will
definitely do this again next year."
- Student, Rochester Institute of Technology - "Thank you very much
for doing this, the little bit I have done has been awesome so
far. I can't wait to participate in another contest when I can
really mainframe it up."
- Student, F.E. Madill Secondary School - "I'm working on Part 2,
Challenge 2. Great contest so far. I'm really enjoying it."
- Student, University of Alaska, Anchorage - "Once again, the Master
the Mainframe contest has been a big hit with my students. And it
helps me greatly in making the content of my z/OS Basics course
more practical and realistic."
- Professor, Georgian College - "I have to say, I love
this contest."
- Student, SUNY Binghamton - "I'm enjoying it more
than I can admit in public."
- Student, Rutgers University - "I've had a lot of fun
playing with the mainframe. I especially like the editor -- it
seems more intuitive than vi :)"
- Student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - "I'm one of the 'no
experience required' guys the contest was advertised for and the
whole thing is really interesting to me. I really had a blast
with parts 1 and 2 and am looking forward to logging in to part
3."
- Student, Portland Community College - "At the beginning of
this semester, when the contest was advertised, I had several
students from last year's COBOL class meet with me to ask if they
could enroll in the contest using my name as the educator. These
students were not enrolled in any of my classes and had nothing
to gain except for the mainframe experience. I thought that you
may be interested to know that these students found the contest
and the skills that they learned from it important enough to take
time out of their busy lives to take part in it again for a
second year. Thank you for offering such a contest and I hope
that you continue to offer it."
- Professor, California University of Pennsylvania - "This contest seems to
be incredibly well organized. Thanks for hosting it."
- Student, St. Ambrose University - "I would like to thank
IBM for such a brilliant competition. You put together an
excellent competition that can take someone with no experience
and get them to do what I was doing in Part 2. There was just the
right amount of details in the questions as experience with the
system grew through the challenges (heavy explanations at first,
slowing to a small trickle towards the end). And from an
inexperienced MainFrame person’s perspective, I felt like I
really got a good taste of what Big Iron is all about. However, I
feel like it was only the very small tip of a very large
iceberg."
- Student, Southern Polytechnic State University - "This contest is great
and I'm really enjoying it."
- Student, North Carolina State University - "The Master the
Mainframe Contest has been a big success with my students. A
number of students have commented at the end of the course that
they were very pleased I had made an assignment out of the
contest. They felt the contest really solidified their
understanding of certain concepts and they liked the challenge of
the puzzles. The T-shirts also proved to be a nice
motivator."
- Professor, Georgian College - "I want to say that I
am very impressed with the contest thus far. I have reached step
9 of part 2, and I have learned more doing that than I have in a
long time. I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of my tshirt. I will
wear it with pride, and be the envy of all my friends. Give my
compliments to the designers."
- Student, Queen's University - "I wanted to thank you
all for the opportunity to participate and spend some time on a
great platform and get to know it better. I just wanted to let
you know how much fun it was and that I very much appreciate the
time and resources you afforded to me."
- Student, University of St. Thomas - "Thanks for the
contest! It was a fun way to experience something my education
never introduced."
- Student, University of Missouri, St. Louis - "Thanks again for a
great contest, and thanks for this excellent opportunity to
become more familiar with the mainframe world!"
- Student, Georgian College - "This contest is
insanely cool and very much open to beginners. Don't worry if
you've never even heard of COBOL and are just going into your
first year of college. You'll be an expert by the end of this,
though some knowledge of various languages
(C/Java/Assembler/general database knowledge) can obviously only
help you. Oh man, open to HS students this year? Crazy. Guys,
because I know there are some high school geeks reading this,
GIVE THIS A SHOT. At the very worst you get some experience for
next year when you can do this again, at best you get a free trip
to Poughkeepsie, a Wii, and some internship offers before you
even hit college. What more could you ask for?"
- Student, Queen's University (from internet forum) - "Thanks for running the
contests, I've had a lot of fun doing them!"
- Student, Northern Illinois University - "I would like to thank
the IBM team responsible for the time and effort that was put
into setting up this contest. I had an wonderful time working
through the challenges and felt very rewarded upon completing
part two of the competition."
- Student, Mid-State Technical College - "I submitted my
hopefully correct Part 2 answers to the judges. Even if I don't
win anything beyond a tshirt, I had a great time so far. Oh, and
the t-shirt is really cool this year, great!"
- Student, Pace University - "Many thanks. Having
access to an actual mainframe is a large part of furthering
education for us 'hands-on' type folks."
- Student, Marist College - "I am enjoying the
contest, I did it last year and was in the third round but school
work kept me from doing too much work on it. Right now I am on
work term so I have tons of time to work on it, heh. Thanks
again."
- Student, Memorial University of Newfoundland - "Thank you for the
opportunity to participate in the Contest I had a lot of fun
completing the challenges. Is it going to take place again next
year?"
- Student, Marquette University - "I just want to drop a
line to thank you for allowing me to participate in the contest.
I not only learned a great deal, but also enjoyed myself
tremendously. My only regret was that I was unable to complete
the final assignment. I look forward to the next contest this
fall."
- Student, West Virginia University - "Thanks a bunch! I had
a blast doing the contest."
- Student, University of Missouri, Columbia - "Actually, I'm really
enjoying the contest, & have learned quite a bit. I don't
even care if I win anything or not in Part 3 - I'm in it for the
learning experience. My thanks to IBM for hosting this
challenge."
- Student, Northeastern University - "The contest is such a
big success. I am looking forward to more similar opportunities
in the future!"
- Student, Texas A&M University - "I did this last year, and it kicked all kinds of
#@$%. Afterwards, I ended up taking some mainframe courses at my
school thanks to IBM's involvement in reviving this stuff in
schools, and I've now got a couple NICE mainframe systems offers
coming my way. It's really that easy. If you've never logged onto
a mainframe, you owe it to yourself to try even the introductory
skills stuff."
- Student, University of Arkansas (from internet forum)
