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The funny thing is that Asana is possibly the worst performing web app out of all the ones I use on a regular basis. I have a strong suspicion there's at least
by szx 11y ago
The funny thing is that Asana is possibly the worst performing web app out of all the ones I use on a regular basis. I have a strong suspicion there's at least one or two O(n^2) algorithms hiding there that could use the same kind of attention and reasoning abilities they expect from their candidates.
- JonoBB 11y agoYes! Honestly, they need to hire someone to fix the start up time of their app, because it's the slowest by far of any webapp that I use. That should be their first hiring priority.
- pspeter3 11y agoIt is one of our biggest hiring priorities and we are actively working on this.
- srcmap 11y agoWhy not ask questions or ask for solution about that in the hiring and interviewer process? You might just find folks who love/know how to solved that kind of problems to work for you. BTW, that is very trivial problem to solve for those who has done it.
- pspeter3 11y agoFirst, we're actively working on improving page load times. Second, having discovered issues with algorithmic complexity makes me question claims that they are not important for day to day work. What do you think?
- szx 11y agoAlgorithmic complexity is certainly important. Intuition and knowledge of (or ability to research) the pros and cons of existing algorithms are essential. However, I don't think you need to see a single line of code (on a whiteboard or not) in order to test for that.
- pspeter3 11y agoI agree