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Discussion on: Competitive programming - is it really important?

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Benito van der Zander

There actually is a literal Olympiad in Informatics, where the best students in competitive programming compete

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leob

Heard about that ... yes of course there are competitions, but to see "competition" as part of hiring seems somewhat wrong to me. I think building a good team is not about hiring a bunch of ninjas or "rock star" prima donnas and locking them in an office & throwing away the key.