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Quora Experiment 2019: Week 18

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Oct 30 0

What are the benefits of being a Codeforces expert? (answer) Is the writer of this question talking about an Expert-rated Codeforces user, or do they mean someone who is really good at solving Codeforces programming problems. My guess is the latter. Why is this post so short? Find the answer, and links to a blog […]

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Quora Experiment 2019: Week 17

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Oct 23 0

Is there a proven method of preparing for coding interviews which is more efficient than LeetCode and self-study? (answer) There’s more to a coding interview than just solving programming problems. But the programming part is what where people usually run into trouble. Why is this post so short? Find the answer, and links to a […]

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Quora Experiment 2019: Week 16

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Oct 16 0

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 […]

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Quora Experiment 2019: Week 15

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Oct 9 0

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 […]

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Quora Experiment 2019: Week 14

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Oct 2 0

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, […]

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Quora Experiment 2019: Week 13

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Sep 25 0

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 […]

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Quora Experiment 2019: Week 12

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Sep 18 0

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 […]

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Quora Experiment 2019: Week 11

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Sep 11 0

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 […]

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Quora Experiment 2019: Week 10

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Sep 4 0

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 […]

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Quora Experiment 2019: Week 9

By Duncan Smith Leave a Comment Aug 28 0

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 […]

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