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They may not directly test programming mettle- not sure how one would test this anyway, its such a vague term- but they test knowledge of algorithms, data struc
by justlearn 12y ago
They may not directly test programming mettle- not sure how one would test this anyway, its such a vague term- but they test knowledge of algorithms, data structures, bug testing, abstract reasoning and intense problem solving. And usually people very strong at all those things make for great programmers
- Iftheshoefits 12y agoBut they don't test any of those things very well, or at least not in a very broad or deep way. Competitions like these test a very specific, narrow mode of thinking (one that, in my opinion, is also rather shallow). It's great for a specific class of problems, not so much to draw any real conclusions other than "they're great at competitions of this format" from.