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I remember reading these on the T on my way to and from my first job in Boston back in maybe 2009. Back then it felt like you had to have a PhD to work at goog
by quartz 7y ago
I remember reading these on the T on my way to and from my first job in Boston back in maybe 2009. Back then it felt like you had to have a PhD to work at google and it was cool to know there were companies that just wanted curious people who liked solving puzzles with code.
I don’t see the question I remember pondering, which was simpler than these but more fun to think through on a short subway commute— something like “Create the longest possible string of connected movie names, like ‘Independence Day of the Dead Man Walking...’”
Edit: I found it! It was called “Sling Blade Runner” and it ran from 2007-2008 so my memory was off by a year. Solution: https://github.com/vy/ita-puzzles/blob/master/README.md#sling-blade-runner https://github.com/vy/ita-puzzles/blob/master/README.md#slin...