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What you're saying is true -- but at the same time it is a bit awkward that there are things you need to work on for interviews only. For instance, I have never
by drdrey 9y ago
What you're saying is true -- but at the same time it is a bit awkward that there are things you need to work on for interviews only. For instance, I have never had to use linked lists in an actual dev job (~6y experience), but they come up so often in interviews that you just have to practice things like loop detection
- stmw 9y agoIt's a little awkward, but not so bad if it's within basics, like linked lists - which one may be rusty on but will generally know or re-derive - rather than really specific algorithms. But that's just a starting point, then it's about the interview and the communication and the interaction - exactly like the examples above of talking to real users or colleagues.
- user5994461 9y agoI have to ask. What roles were you in? and what languages did you develop in?
- stmw 9y agoMe?
- user5994461 9y agothe poster who said he never had to use a linkedlist in 6 years.
- stmw 9y agoAh, I see. I guess it all depends on the meaning of "use",
- drdrey 9y agoI was working on LLVM (C++ compiler) for 3 years and Java server backends the other 3 years. Those were the main products, with a side of Python, Groovy, Bash and JavaScript. In all fairness, I suspect LLVM uses linked lists internally for things like instructions in a basic block, but that was a level of abstraction under me.