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There's a difference between creating clean maintainable application architectures and writing quick 'n' dirty algorithms that sort data structures. We look for
by teknologist 10y ago
There's a difference between creating clean maintainable application architectures and writing quick 'n' dirty algorithms that sort data structures. We look for both of these things when hiring; sites like HackerRank just test for the latter.
- bjourne 10y agoDo you have any evidence to show that the two skills aren't intertwined? Because in my experience, those who have been good at developing algorithms have been just as good at working with full applications.
- teknologist 10y agoOnly anecdotal, but the lack of evidence could be why interviewing is such a mess for software engineering roles.