Peter Norvig on programming contests and job performance

pkrumins · Talk · 1 min · 2015 · YouTube title: Winning at programming competitions is a negative factor for being good on the job

Why it's here

Used as the go-to citation in LeetCode and hiring debates that competitive programming skill is not a good signal for hiring.

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 post discussing it.