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I've been out of college for 10 years, writing software professionally... it's so rare to have to calculate the big-O of an algorithm, or use a data structure m
by 1_800_UNICORN 9y ago
I've been out of college for 10 years, writing software professionally... it's so rare to have to calculate the big-O of an algorithm, or use a data structure much fancier than an array or a hash table, or implement my own search algorithm. And if I had to do any of those things, I would look it up and leverage this collaborative thing we've created called the internet.
So why should I be expected to regurgitate trivia at a whiteboard to get your job?
- guelo 9y agoIt's weird to me seeing statements like this because I don't work on any esoteric or fancy code, just frontend UIs, but I'm frequently making data structure and algorithm decisions.
- pb8226 9y agoThen ask questions about the UI framework the developer has experience in and ask about real problems faced with that framework for a complex UI.