I think it's fair to say that programming contest winners are exceptionally good at cranking solutions out fast; but they could be just as good at working reflectively in a team as everyone else, or even better. The…
I don't have any evidence of this other than my word, sorry. As kentonv points out, I was in a position to know: in the early days of Code Jam, we to do some convincing of Googlers who had seen the "programming…
For the majority of these competitions, the programmer you described would have zero points. If you don't get 100/100 on a task, you get no points. The IOI is a notable exception.
I think it's fair to say that programming contest winners are exceptionally good at cranking solutions out fast; but they could be just as good at working reflectively in a team as everyone else, or even better. The…
I don't have any evidence of this other than my word, sorry. As kentonv points out, I was in a position to know: in the early days of Code Jam, we to do some convincing of Googlers who had seen the "programming…
For the majority of these competitions, the programmer you described would have zero points. If you don't get 100/100 on a task, you get no points. The IOI is a notable exception.