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In the sense of "this article has nothing to do with jobs or salaries," I would rate the claim true. The article has not one mention of either. If you're tryin
by mod 10y ago
In the sense of "this article has nothing to do with jobs or salaries," I would rate the claim true. The article has not one mention of either.
If you're trying to argue that improving your skillset makes you more employable, sure, but that's such a general statement that I'm not sure it holds up as a retort.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoI think the GP means that problems solved in programming competitions are similar to what you'll find on some job interviews.
- mod 10y agoSure, and I think the comment he replied to means "the term competitive is ambiguous, let me clear it up: this is not talking about advancing your career."
- kbenson 10y agoI guess, to the degree that you would assume "competitive programming" could be interpreted as something specifically to advance your career, which I know I didn't, and I'm not sure how you could (but I could easily be missing a common different interpretation). That is, I wouldn't assume "A Competitive Fisher's Handbook" would apply to my career as a bulk tuna fisherman, and I would find a comment that points out that there is nothing related between the two as as both obvious (colloquially), and overreaching (specifically) to the point I might feel the need to counter-correct as there very well might be links between them that could help in non-obvious ways. That competitive programming and interviews share more than superficial similarities might make me even more likely to do so.