4 Practical Software Development Skills from Competitive Programming

Shared from my personal experience as a software developer at Volvo Cars.

Hello there!

Welcome to Algorithmically Speaking, where we discuss topics on the intersection of Computer Science, Software Engineering, and life.

Today, I’ll share a unique perspective—the set of skills I honed during my competitive programming years that seamlessly transitioned into my role as a software engineer in a tech company.

Training for these complex competitions for over five years alongside different team members allowed me to develop a sense of teamwork that has always been instrumental in my impact when joining a new team ever since I started getting paid for generating lines of code.

I have discussed the pros and cons of fostering a competitive mindset in computer science students in the past, but today, I’m going to focus only on the positive side and share some insights into both technical and non-technical aspects of software engineering dynamics.

Buckle up!