I appreciate the sentiment, but this remark is far too common here. It does not address the content of the post and could apply to any submission from LessWrong. The author of the post has made none of those technical…
> I think the direct impact of these competitions to hiring were minimal. I can confidently say that this is not the case in India. I have a countless list of people (including myself) who received emails from Google…
This is comparable to the argument that programmers are learning how to eliminate compiler/linter warnings rather than learning how to program better. Immediate feedback is the best learning tool and one leads to the…
I appreciate the sentiment, but this remark is far too common here. It does not address the content of the post and could apply to any submission from LessWrong. The author of the post has made none of those technical…
> I think the direct impact of these competitions to hiring were minimal. I can confidently say that this is not the case in India. I have a countless list of people (including myself) who received emails from Google…
This is comparable to the argument that programmers are learning how to eliminate compiler/linter warnings rather than learning how to program better. Immediate feedback is the best learning tool and one leads to the…