Is it possible to be a good programmer and a bad Olympiad student?

Question

Programming

Is it realistic to be a good application programmer and a bad Olympiad programmer, or is Olympiad solutions also required in applied programming?

Answer 1

Can

Answer 2

the main thing is to shoot accurately

Answer 3

Of course you can. This is generally an interesting topic for discussions about the Olympiads and what they teach.

Answer 4

Application programming REQUIRES an understanding of algorithms and data structures and the ability to find efficient solutions.
A good developer is guaranteed to be able to solve Olympiad problems - albeit not the most difficult, but at least for implementation, and problems with an average level of complexity.
Outstanding results in sports programming are NOT required for a good developer, but he is still guaranteed to be able to solve some of the Olympiad problems, at least at an average level.

Answer 5

Olympiad problems require out-of-the-box thinking, so yes!
You can be a good programmer and not necessarily be able to solve the Olympiad.