About Gild, Gild Features

New skills added to Gild.com: ASP.net, J2EE, Linux, Ruby on Rails, and More!

February 17th, 2012
compiled-skills

Since our re-launch, we took down some old skills for intensive doctoring, and have received lots of feedback on what new subjects users want to see on the site so they can further prove their skills. Today, we’re excited to re-launch a few of the subjects we took down as well as announce some brand-spanking-new

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Coding Challenges

#FightSOPA: $1,240 raised

February 2nd, 2012
fightsopa

Earlier this month, we asked for your help to defend freedom on the web and fight against SOPA by participating in a coding challenge. You answered–396 attempted the puzzle. 247 solved it.     For each person that solved our programming puzzle, we donated $5 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to aid their cause

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Coding Challenges,

100,000 Coding Puzzle Submissions—and Counting!

February 2nd, 2012
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We’re excited to announce that since launching Gild Coding Puzzles last year, we’ve received 100,000 solutions from our users around the world. We’ve been pretty impressed with what we’ve seen— we’ve received submissions in 17 programming languages, and, on average, 57% of submissions have been successful. You can check out some more stats in the

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Coding Challenges,

Congratulations to these Recent Challenge Winners

January 13th, 2012
6 Recent Winners

We haven’t had a chance to update the community on recent winners, so here are the final results for six recent challenges. Congrats to everyone who won, and don’t forget to check out our current puzzles. Build a Search Engine Coding Puzzle Congratulations to Domenico Lupinetti for winning the Build a Search Engine Coding Puzzle.

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Gild Features

Introducing the New Gild: What You Need to Know

December 8th, 2011
New Gild

Exciting news! Over the past few months, we’ve been hard at work adjusting Gild based on feedback from the more than 500,000 members on Gild. When you log in to Gild today, you’ll notice lots of changes. We wanted to take the time to explain what’s happening and why the changes will help you prove

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Gild Features

Why Removing the Jobs Section Means Better Content for You

November 10th, 2011
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Hi Gild Members, As you may have noticed, we recently removed the Jobs section of Gild. I want to explain the reason for doing so. The vast majority of you have said that you don’t come to Gild to find jobs. In fact, many of you aren’t even actively looking for a job. Instead, you’ve

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