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Coders who don’t have enough statistical expertise is a problem why? I understand the importance of O notation, but didn’t know that stats/probability was impor

• who_is_firing 9y ago
  I think the basics of it (i.e. recognizing n vs n^2 vs exponential) is important for back end developers. After a few years of doing back end I've definitely had to have awareness in how I design things like my loops to optimize. It's not a biggie for most companies, but you should have a general awareness. Unlike the author of the article, though, I do believe you can learn this on the job. Also, you don't have to necessarily know the big 0 notation, it's a good idea to write a load test which will give you a more relevant stat anyways. But sometimes its good to recognize "Oh I don't need a 2nd inner loop that will change this to O(n^2)".
• xapata 9y ago
  If you can't understand the results of a design experiment, that makes your web dev job harder.