folks at my college would focus on competitive coding (basically, google-style algorithmic stuff) to the extent that many thought that that was what CS was all about like literally i've been told i'm not a real programmer because i didn't really do competitive codinghttps://twitter.com/mekkaokereke/status/1135981938437632001 …
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Replying to @ManishEarth
I can't even imagine this -- how does someone get into their heads that being a professional programmer has anything to do with competitive coding; I don't think I've ever coded competitively in my life...
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Replying to @strega_nil @ManishEarth
As someone who did competitive programming on a serious daily basis for a decade, I totally agree. The elitism is bullshit.
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: Did you know that there is literally a class in Stanford's CS curriculum, that is basically "How to pass Google's Interview?"
: Wait... what?! Really?