Those programming challenges are silly, completely unrelated to real-life progra...

		aortega on May 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Four Steps to Google, Without a Degree Those programming challenges are silly, completely unrelated to real-life programming. Staying awake for 24 hs, writing ultra-optimized snippets of code that barely compile with zero documentation. Training exactly the kind of programmer that is useless in any organization except for programming challenges.

Sure, but if it is what is required to get a job...