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“When it comes to writing code, the number one most important skill is how to keep a tangle of features from collapsing under the weight of its own complexity.”
by teucris 7y ago
“When it comes to writing code, the number one most important skill is how to keep a tangle of features from collapsing under the weight of its own complexity.”
This resonates with me for sure. But the article was written back in 2013. Do employers really still ask questions about “oddball variants of heaps and trees” and “puzzles with difficult constraints”?
Also can we get the publish date in the title?
- atomicity 7y agoMy anecdotal experience interviewing this year is that they don't. LeetCode/Hackerrank-level algorithm questions are common. I haven't seen any TopCoder-type questions and brain teasers. According to some posts, it seems like the industry is trending towards easier problems with more focus on "the process" in which a person finds a solution. It's still true that employers overemphasize algorithmic ability. I had one systems pop quiz but nothing about usability, business, SWE processes, etc. which are as core to software engineering as algorithms.
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- BrissyCoder 7y agoYeah they do, I recently got asked "How would you calculate the volume of a point cloud?" in a software development interview.