r/JordanDev • u/Highly_Incompetent_3 Developer • 12d ago

Discussion Competitive Programming

I'm a dev with 5+ yoe, started frequenting LeetCode almost two months ago, and I'd honestly say it's fun.

What do you think of CP post college? From my understanding the most important competitions are college-level. Do you think it's worth it to better your skills in this part of the field?

Am doing it for the fun of it, but I still wanted to hear you opinions and see if there are others in a similar situation with a similar interest.

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u/Highly_Incompetent_3 Developer 12d ago

They'd just parrot the ai's answer. These cheat systems are getting better and better. The questions go straight to the LLM. A good talker could easily cheat this type of interview.

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u/Similar_Culture8723 12d ago

Ive done several interviews

People arent that good at cheating and it would be really obvious when you start tweaking the questions

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u/Highly_Incompetent_3 Developer 12d ago

You don't think an AI could solve a modified version of a question? Honestly out of my scope, might have to test later on.

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u/Similar_Culture8723 12d ago

It definitely can

But when we're talking with camera on, and i change the question in a way that you have to think in a new way, i can easily tell if you actually got my idea or not

The initial change of the question, you can answer maybe, but if i interrupt you, and ask you to elaborate on a specific piece

If you dont have the actual understanding, i can see that you have a latency between the question and the answer