Quora has many programming topics in its topic ontology, and many technical question and answer writers in its user base. But the Quora question interface isn’t optimal for expressing the types of questions that a programmer encounters in daily work. Hence this question: How can I submit a programming question on Quora if I can’t […]
ContinueQuora Experiment 2019: Week 15
Coding interviews can seem ridiculous, but would company leaders trust such an important part of their business to a process that didn’t work? Or to Quorify that question: Do you think programming interviews these days are a joke? (answer) Why is this post so short? Find the answer, and links to a blog table of […]
ContinueQuora Experiment 2019: Week 14
There’s plenty of griping about the coding interview process. But at least everyone gets to use their favorite programming language. When Microsoft interviews a software engineer, do they prefer what programming language is used during the interview? (answer) Why is this post so short? Find the answer, and links to a blog table of contents, […]
ContinueQuora Experiment 2019: Week 13
Stack Exchange and Quora operate according to different Q&A philosophies. One difference is that Stack Exchange sites separate questions about a site (meta questions) from questions about the topic covered by that site. On Quora, the subject of “Quora the Q&A site” is just another topic. In that topic, you can find questions like this […]
ContinueQuora Experiment 2019: Week 12
One way to categorize competitive programming contests is by duration. A short contest wraps up after a few hours. In a long contest you get several days to think about and submit solutions. With that in mind, Why would you not participate in a long contest? (answer) Why is this post so short? Find the […]
ContinueQuora Experiment 2019: Week 11
This week, two Quora questions about books: Does reading the book Competitive Programming 3 really help with competitive programming? (answer) Is it worth reading the book “How to Solve It” by G. Polya for competitive coders? (answer) Why is this post so short? Find the answer, and links to a blog table of contents, at […]
ContinueQuora Experiment 2019: Week 10
Here are a few Quora questions for this week that approach the issue of competitive/interview programming vs. real-world programming from different angles: How would a competitive coder compare to a top-level programmer on real work projects? (answer) Do you coders think that coding test platforms give accurate results on your abilities? (answer) And a fun […]
ContinueQuora Experiment 2019: Week 9
It’s popular on Quora to ask questions comparing competitive programming (or competitive programmers) with real-world programming (or real-world programmers). For example: If you only know competitive programming, could you fake being a real programmer? But how would someone “only know competitive programming”? At a minimum, competitive programmers have textbook computer science knowledge, just like other […]
ContinueQuora Experiment 2019: Week 8
A Quora reader is wondering if technical interviewers are looking for a perfect answer (as required by an online judge) or if they’re more interested in conceptual understanding: What happens in a programming interview if you get the answer wrong but show that you understand the concepts needed to be successful? (answer) Why is this […]
ContinueQuora Experiment 2019: Week 7
I worked on a math project for the first half of this year, so I was thinking about the issues posed by this Quora question: Do I need to be good in math to do competitive programming? (answer) Programming competitions are not math competitions, so they don’t usually focus on tricky math problems, and they […]
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