Agreed, and also: > Post: I realize that it “only” solves about a third of the contest problems, making it similar to a mediocre human programmer. If this is

Agreed, and also: > Post: I realize that it “only” solves about a third of the contest problems, making it similar to a mediocre human programmer. If this is what academia perceives software development to be then it's no wonder we have software that is so disconnected from the human problems it aims to solve. Programmers don't routinely [re-]invent complex algorithms. We parse complex and contradictory requirements from humans, and compile them into (hopefully) simple solutions on a computer. The solutions to "competition programming" problems are a Google search away. If you want to take it up as a professional sport then, sure, AI might just replace you (as it already has done with many other mind sports such as chess).