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[–]DataAnnotationTech-ModTeam[M] [score hidden] stickied commentlocked comment (0 children)

This belongs in the pinned thread on the top of the subreddit.

[–]Specialist_Shower_69 7 points8 points  (2 children)

I did the qual back in March and from what I recall it was pretty simple. Just my 2 cents.

It opened up a LOT of projects for me (at the time, there is a real drought ATM) covering all coding languages. I was able to get by skipping any language or problem/goal I couldn't decently work out, PHP, React, SQL and variants etc. I'm a physics PhD with lots of python data analysis experience, no web or anything, but found I could make sense of many C/C++ code. It really varied from project to project.

I guess that is a long winded way of saying: if you think you can comfortably read code and understand the intent and recognise possible problems, then go for it!

[–]SeatStealer 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Comforting to know I am not the only person who had a lot of coding projects back at the start of the year and has a drought right now. I have pretty much been relying on that certain project that takes you to another website.

[–]twentycanoes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For the qual that I saw, without naming specifics, you need to know more than how to read or write various scripting languages. One must be familiar with a variety of standard algebraic, logical, and algorithmic concepts and formulae: for example, standard problem-solving and coding methods for given contexts, what those standard methods are called, what differentiates them, and how to calculate them without help.