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Why should programming contest problems be tests of practical sysadmin skills? That makes no sense at all.

• maigret 14y ago
  Because this is much more than sysadmin skills involved. You've got to get a scalable application written first. It doesn't need to be complicated, but it needs to be robust and keep data consistent... etc. Also, this type of skills is badly missing to fresh grads.
  • papsosouid 14y ago
    No you don't, it says setup a django app. That involves writing no code, and is entirely a standard sysadmin task.
    • maigret 14y ago
      Script is code too. But I don't think you get there with plain sysadmin skills. How do you sync up the data between the regions? I have worked on a similar case not long ago, and there were definitely more than just "sysadmin" skills involved. I suppose Kent Beck also went through the same exercise. Pointing to the deficiency of usual contests is a good thing. In any case, if all sysadmins can do continuous deployment, cloud management and worldwide distributed apps, then I've definitely met the wrong ones before.