I'm not sure I follow. I seem to remember being given various algorithmic and data structure related problems to solve in 1st year of University - both the imp

I'm not sure I follow. I seem to remember being given various algorithmic and data structure related problems to solve in 1st year of University - both the implementation and appropriate application of algorithms - that I tend to find myself using as fundamental building blocks in my work. Granted, I haven't had to write a sort function since 1st year, but knowing when to use various approaches to representing and processing data and their limitations is pretty much fundamental stuff.