Winning at programming competitions is a negative factor for being good on the job

Why it was recommended

Peter Norvig discussed an analysis at Google that suggested doing well at coding contests was a negative indicator of job performance

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What it covers

A one-minute clip of Peter Norvig saying that Google found programming contest success correlates negatively or poorly with job performance. The description links to a blog. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

pkrumins

Length

1 min 8 sec

Year

2015

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