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> Solving arbitrary puzzles someone else has set in front of you, in order to get a job, is not a fun programming challenge. Given this premise please explain
by harryh 11y ago
> Solving arbitrary puzzles someone else has set in front of you, in order to get a job, is not a fun programming challenge.
Given this premise please explain the popularity of Project Euler.
- Hydraulix989 11y agoI didn't realize that Project Euler was a jobseeking tool?
- tptacek 11y agoStarfighter isn't that either. You have no trouble imagining a site like Project Euler funding itself from ads, right? And you can imagine that virtually nobody who looks at the ads on an ad-funded site actually buys things because of the ads, right? The ads have nothing to do with why people come to the site. Just mentally substitute "recruiting" for "ads" here.