> It does what it needs to do, but there were no smart decisions behind the back end. I never had to use design patterns nor data structures. I just pieced it t

> It does what it needs to do, but there were no smart decisions behind the back end. I never had to use design patterns nor data structures. I just pieced it together. If you have shipped this or finished this project for a customer then this is more worth imho then being good in those coding tests. For most tasks it isn't necessary to to make smart decisions. Just piecing stuff together so that a job gets done and/or a customer is satisfied is better then trying to be cutting edge.