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I was asked a really crazy question from their AWS SRE team! Basically, PHD-level question. They knew I was a junior, but they asked me a very high level math
by odonnellryan 11y ago
I was asked a really crazy question from their AWS SRE team!
Basically, PHD-level question. They knew I was a junior, but they asked me a very high level math problem.
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- rockinghigh 11y agoWhat's a PhD-level question?
- codeonfire 11y agoThe only thing I would consider a PhD level question would be something that one would see on a qualifier exam. Usually they require specific and deep knowledge that goes beyond what one could get out of textbooks in the field.
- odonnellryan 11y agoWell, there was a PHD thesis written on it that concisely answered the problem.
- lqdc13 11y agoTo play a devil's advocate, it's not like you get better at math while working as a SWE.
- nostrebored 11y agoWhat constitutes a hard problem varies wildly between schools. Especially considering the wildly varying math standards in CS at different universities. By my junior year, I and everyone I knew doing my track had been taking senior/grad school level math courses, especially re: numerical methods.
- rifung 11y agoDo you remember what the question was?