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Dr_Manhattan comments on Quixey Challenge - Fix a bug in 1 minute, win $100. Refer a winner, win $50. - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: Liron 19 January 2012 07:39PM

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Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 19 January 2012 10:36:11PM 3 points [-]

I already mentioned this to Liron, but might as well float my thesis here: solving a mid-difficulty problem in 1 minute is not as good a proxy for programming success as solving a complex problem in longer time (e.g. solving top Project Euler problems would be an example).

OTOH, if you ask people for longer than 1 minute you might need to reinvent the compensation mechanism.

There is a business idea there somewhere....

Comment author: DanielVarga 19 January 2012 10:49:02PM *  6 points [-]

A business idea for topcoder.com?

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