In this episode we talk to competitors who are also programmers. Or, programmers who also compete. Are coders pre-wired for this? Jon Skeet, David Fowler, Aaron Jensen and Danielle Banks share their stories.

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In this episode we talk to competitors who are also programmers. Or, programmers who also compete. Are coders pre-wired for this?

• Jon Skeet shares how he stays at the top of the Stack Overflow points pile
• David Fowler talks about TopCode and flying to DisneyWorld to watch coders code
• Aaron Jensen quits his job to play poker professionally
• Daniele R. Banks is just getting started but is already building competing robots

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