Competitive Programmer's Handbook (2017) [pdf]

Re:Competitive Programmer's Handbook (2017) [pdf] by zerr on Sunday April 29, 2018 @04:25PM (#16953748)

I wouldn't call it "a little practice". There are people who are "into" competitive programming and there are people who aren't, and those "fair" tests are skewed towards the former group. The worst thing is that the actual job has nothing to do with the competitive programming at all.

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Re:Competitive Programmer's Handbook (2017) [pdf] by gaius on Sunday April 29, 2018 @04:28PM (#16953766)

Another filter for age is that 20-something’s are more likely to have time for this whereas older people may have more time commitments already

People in their 20s and 30s now will regret not stamping out ageism when they hit their 40s and 50s, as they inevitably will

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Re:Competitive Programmer's Handbook (2017) [pdf] by czep on Sunday April 29, 2018 @06:42PM (#16954322)

> People in their 20s and 30s now will regret not stamping out ageism when they hit their 40s and 50s, as they inevitably will

The problem is, everyone in their 20s and 30s assumes they'll be gazillionaires by the time they're 40, because of course they're brilliant and hard work always pays off! Ageism is only a factor if you're not smart enough to make a billion by the time you're facing it.

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Re:Competitive Programmer's Handbook (2017) [pdf] by dds1 on Monday April 30, 2018 @12:40AM (#16955779)

Hard work does pay off. Believe in karma.

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Re:Competitive Programmer's Handbook (2017) [pdf] by gaius on Monday April 30, 2018 @01:28AM (#16956010)

Karma goes both ways. Those that practiced ageism will find that out themselves eventually.

Unfortunately then the victims of ageism now will find that cold comfort in the future.

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