> deep math or competitive programming knowledge I think I read too much into deep. Certainly I'd expect any non-junior dev I work with to understand those con

> deep math or competitive programming knowledge I think I read too much into deep. Certainly I'd expect any non-junior dev I work with to understand those concepts! But I wouldn't assume someone who published several papers on knot theory is any better at development that someone who hacked together a couple startup side-businesses, except in very very specific domains.