Where does he say that how fast you can code is the most important metric?
> Competitors
> People who have done well at math competitions (USAMO, IMO, PUTNAM), competition programming (ACM, USACO, codejam, topcoder), science fairs (ISEF, STS), or capture the flag (DEFCON, secuinside, GITS). Those competitions don't just select for ability, they also select for quickness. We are in a very competitive space.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNWTculMsTY "motivation and intelligence"