Would you rather eat a cake made during a competition? because it seems like a good way to be eating egg shells.
While there may be merit in trying to solve a challenge in the shortest amount of time. Personally I prefer the advent of code style, a different challenges each day with a fun story to make it an enjoyable experience. The competitive programming and leetcode bent is the fast food of our industry.
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Would you rather eat a cake made during a competition? because it seems like a good way to be eating egg shells.
While there may be merit in trying to solve a challenge in the shortest amount of time. Personally I prefer the advent of code style, a different challenges each day with a fun story to make it an enjoyable experience. The competitive programming and leetcode bent is the fast food of our industry.
A previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28274310
(Competitive programming is useless (kislayverma.com), 150 comments, Aug 23-2021)
No, but it'll save you from failing tech interviews.
Before anyone say it, coding interviews are stupid, but having a proper job (at a proper company, with proper career paths) is not.
Does competitive eating make one a better eater?
To answer that, first one must define “better.”
Better at what?