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The best way to hire engineers is a coding contest, because competition leads to progress and picks the most qualified people for the task.

Drawn from what Pavel Durov said

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hiring Finding people and judging them: referrals, open calls, contests, and reading the work rather than the CV.

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  1. Pavel Durov Founder of Telegram, and before it of VK
    Well, it's in line with my overall philosophy. I think competition leads to progress. If you want to create an ideal process for selecting the most qualified people for certain specific tasks you have in mind, what can be better than a competition?

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