Re: programming contests as a way of finding/evaluating offshoretalent...
| From: | Dan Baker | Date: | Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:58:28 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: programming contests as a way of finding/evaluating offshoretalent... | ||
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"bruce" <bedouglas@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:076a01c663c1$bd88b990$0301a8c0@Mesa.com...
> i'm looking for opinions on the "worth" of programming contests as a way
> of
> judging the talent of potential software developers...
>
> any thoughts/pros/cons would be appreciated..
My first thought is: "Won't be a good criteria for determining the worth of
a programmer."
Most contests are skewed into some obscure corner of programming, and
typically don't require good programming skills. Usually, they are for fun
and require you to pull strange facts out of the recesses of your brain.
DanB