>>Personally, I think it's bullshit that I can show employers all the things I've built and they still expect me to write a reverse sort btree or whatever the f

>>Personally, I think it's bullshit that I can show employers all the things I've built and they still expect me to write a reverse sort btree or whatever the fuck thing that has nothing to do with web development. As a business analyst interested in a software development career, this is what worries me the most about interviews. I write a fair amount of code. I have developed apps that work really well and solve important business problems. I can talk intelligently about everything I've developed, but if you asked me to write something on the spot I'm not sure how well I'd do. Most of the time I find the information I need through exhaustive searches on the Internet as well as lots of trial and error. Is it really a deal-breaker that I can't write a tree sort algorithm off the top of my head?