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The thing is, in large tech companies like Google, you might be tasked with designing (or modyfing a design) of something that works on Internet scale. For such
by cyberdrunk 6y ago
The thing is, in large tech companies like Google, you might be tasked with designing (or modyfing a design) of something that works on Internet scale. For such cases, thinking in terms of algorithms is essential. That's why I think FAANGs still require algorithmic literacy. Unfortunately, other companies, which don't have FAANG-like problems, ape its recruitment process...
- fogetti 6y agoYes, algorithms are essential for information technology. But the question is not that. And the discussion is also not about that. The question is: are algorithms essential for one's career and for the majority of business too? I don't think so.
- strikelaserclaw 6y agoBy definition, any code written to solve a problem is an algorithm (not just the standard stuff found in textbooks), since a lot of people in IT write code to solve problems, then yes they absolutely need to understand some what performance characteristics and the correctness of what they wrote. Even if you don't need to performance characteristics, you certainly need the correctness part!