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Re:Ask HN: How can someone solve a code jam competition prob... by malpiatko on Saturday April 11, 2015 @07:54AM (#9359184)
However, University of Warsaw is one of the best unis in these kind of competitions and also the biggest source of graduate employees for Google, etc. Therefore, even though maybe doesn't prove you are a perfect programmer, it proves you are smart and capable of learning.
Re:Ask HN: How can someone solve a code jam competition prob... by tuscarok on Saturday April 11, 2015 @11:27AM (#9359628)
Yes, but you can be an excellent software engineer without being good at competitive programming.