There is a nice infographics by Brand24.pl about the impact Startup Weekend Warsaw generated http://twitpic.com/4ym3so!

It is difficult to get past the HR doorman indeed - because of "non-programming programmers" (CodingHorror). The answer to that are tools for automated verification of programming skills like Codility (http://codility.com/), which value fundamental coding skills over the school's brand and proficiency in CV writing!

Definitely - the key is to have fundamental programming skills, so to be able to solve given problems by writing an efficient code. I'm running Codility, a company providing automated online tests for programming job candidates - you may want to take a demo test at http://codility.com/ yourself :).

The chairperson deliberately hid a letter from the Polish Committee for Standardization (PKN)President, asking all members of the voting committee to change their vote to abstain as no national consensus was reached.

As the information about it came back to the PKN's President he decided to publish his letter on the PKN's website - http://www.pkn.pl/?pid=list_kt182&cid (polish only).