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Ask HN: Does competitive programming make you a better programmer?
- Rzor 4y agoA previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28274310 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28274310 (Competitive programming is useless (kislayverma.com), 150 comments, Aug 23-2021)
- amrb 4y agoWould you rather eat a cake made during a competition? because it seems like a good way to be eating egg shells. While there may be merit in trying to solve a challenge in the shortest amount of time. Personally I prefer the advent of code style, a different challenges each day with a fun story to make it an enjoyable experience. The competitive programming and leetcode bent is the fast food of our industry.
- catchnear4321 4y agoDoes competitive eating make one a better eater? To answer that, first one must define “better.” Better at what?
- nhgiang 4y agoNo, but it'll save you from failing tech interviews. Before anyone say it, coding interviews are stupid, but having a proper job (at a proper company, with proper career paths) is not.