But 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 th

But 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.