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What is your point? Companies wants to hire smart people which is why they have these interviews. This applies no matter what level people are at. "I forgot" is
by username90 6y ago
What is your point? Companies wants to hire smart people which is why they have these interviews. This applies no matter what level people are at. "I forgot" isn't valid defense. All the people in these threads who says things like "I knew this but forgot" are really cringy.
- Judgmentality 6y ago/r/woosh
- username90 6y agoDo you think this is a good way to discuss things at HN?
- Judgmentality 6y agoI believe that HN needs more humor, not less - so yes.
- noarchy 6y agoThe point may be that many (if they're truly senior, not someone with 3-5 years in the industry) will not have used these theories in 10+ years. The real-world application is questionable.
- username90 6y agoAnd my point is that I'd rather hire someone who didn't forget these things. When you learn something well you don't forget, it is like riding a bike. If you learned how to ride a bike 10 yards and then stopped and never did it again then you would forget how to do it, saying "I passed the bike riding test when I was 10, I don't need to do it again" isn't a good defense. I mean, why did you even go to college if you intended to just forget everything afterwards instead of learning the things properly for life? I'd rather not hire people who just do the work necessary to pass and get the degree and don't want to learn more.
- noarchy 6y agoI'd say it shows that for most day-to-day work in the software industry, a certain percentage of the CS material we learn is simply unnecessary. No one has ever asked me to re-implement well-known algorithms that are found in well-established libraries. There are, of course, people who do this, and they do need such a background. But they are likely outliers.