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Re: should there be a award for programming skill?

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
It's both easier and more appropriate to judge programming results.
While I agree that it is definitely easier to judge programming results, I believe that that isn't the point.

I was my team's head programmer for the last two years, having learned how to code in EasyC on my own. When crunched for time, and only focused on results, I would drop convention, commenting, and proper style. I was just focused on making the robot work. I didn't care how proper my code was. I believe njamietech's point is that this occurs too much, and that an award for good practices and style would make us programmers more focused on good technique and style.

That said, implementation of any type of programming award would be very difficult.
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