I competed in the acm. It was a complete waste of time. The teams that smashed us had memorized, line for line, C implementations of obscure algorithms that sol

I competed in the acm. It was a complete waste of time. The teams that smashed us had memorized, line for line, C implementations of obscure algorithms that solve specific problems you'll likely never need in building a product. Or if you need the algorithm, you'll look it up and use a library. Look at the solutions of problems from the top 10. I wouldn't hire any of those people.