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Thanks for the feedback! Do you know of any interesting engineering problems that I can try solving? Perhaps a project like this: https://haseeb-qureshi.github

by Calist0 10y ago

Thanks for the feedback! Do you know of any interesting engineering problems that I can try solving? Perhaps a project like this: https://haseeb-qureshi.github.io/n-queens-visualizer/ https://haseeb-qureshi.github.io/n-queens-visualizer/ The blogger used it for his own portfolio. It solves the 'N/Eight Queen Problem'. I actually tried doing it myself using JS and I ran into a lot of problems.. My skills may not be that far along yet.

lopatin 10y ago
I actually tried doing it myself using JS and I ran into a lot of problems.. Excellent. Keep trying until you succeed. In the interest of giving practical advice instead of hand waving, I'll just say that the n-queens link you provided is something that I would expect a good JS developer to build in, say .. a day. You will get there, and it's OK if for now it takes you way longer. "one day" is provided, of course, that I'm not being naive about what the implementation requires. Currently I think it is a collection of JS implementations of algorithms for which the pseudocode can be found on Wikipedia + a simple simulator that runs said algorithms one iteration at a time. (Interesting that the speed can be edited. I guess that rules out setInterval) Let me know if I presumed too much :) Definitely do it for fun, practice, confidence, github, etc... but I wouldn't make it the first thing on a resume unless there's something novel going on there. Try this: Find a thing and make it faster. Like way faster. Often, there is some operation (F) that is called many times on some type of object (X) and it's possible (perhaps using linear algebra) to improve performance by figuring out a way to express many operations on single items into one operation on many items. I.e. F([X1, X2, X3, ...]) instead of F(X1), then F(X2), then F(X3), ... and so on.
duncanawoods 10y ago
> Perhaps a project like this... n-queens-visualizer Ugh, projects like this feel like a homework puzzles that will have multiple extant solutions. As an interviewer, I'd prefer to see something more authentic. Is there nothing you want to see exist in the world? No actual problem you, your friends or family face that could be made easier with a little single page app? This could be something tiny like experiments for a better UX pattern for an app that frustrates you e.g. adding a friend in social network X or hashtag auto-completion etc. That lets you show creativity without committing to a large succeed/fail project. Closing the loop of identifying and resolving problems indicates a good engineer. If you can't come up with a long list of problems you see in the world I would be concerned!

by Calist0 10y ago

lopatin 10y ago

I actually tried doing it myself using JS and I ran into a lot of problems.. Excellent. Keep trying until you succeed. In the interest of giving practical advice instead of hand waving, I'll just say that the n-queens link you provided is something that I would expect a good JS developer to build in, say .. a day. You will get there, and it's OK if for now it takes you way longer. "one day" is provided, of course, that I'm not being naive about what the implementation requires. Currently I think it is a collection of JS implementations of algorithms for which the pseudocode can be found on Wikipedia + a simple simulator that runs said algorithms one iteration at a time. (Interesting that the speed can be edited. I guess that rules out setInterval) Let me know if I presumed too much :) Definitely do it for fun, practice, confidence, github, etc... but I wouldn't make it the first thing on a resume unless there's something novel going on there. Try this: Find a thing and make it faster. Like way faster. Often, there is some operation (F) that is called many times on some type of object (X) and it's possible (perhaps using linear algebra) to improve performance by figuring out a way to express many operations on single items into one operation on many items. I.e. F([X1, X2, X3, ...]) instead of F(X1), then F(X2), then F(X3), ... and so on.

duncanawoods 10y ago

> Perhaps a project like this... n-queens-visualizer Ugh, projects like this feel like a homework puzzles that will have multiple extant solutions. As an interviewer, I'd prefer to see something more authentic. Is there nothing you want to see exist in the world? No actual problem you, your friends or family face that could be made easier with a little single page app? This could be something tiny like experiments for a better UX pattern for an app that frustrates you e.g. adding a friend in social network X or hashtag auto-completion etc. That lets you show creativity without committing to a large succeed/fail project. Closing the loop of identifying and resolving problems indicates a good engineer. If you can't come up with a long list of problems you see in the world I would be concerned!