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by Bnshsysjab 2313 days ago
True, but if you culled the bottom 30-50% of programmers, how much productivity have you lost?
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Probably a lot because now a lot of programmers up to maybe the top 10% or 20% are worried they're not good enough which will lead to a lot of stress and in turn, less productivity.

Aside from that, if all of programming is competitive it will keep a lot potentially very capable people from entering the field because not everyone (regardless of ability) is made for competition.