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I think it means thinking a problem through and actually "proving" or at least "estimating" that your solution works before you set off to design and build.
by forgotmypw17 6y ago
I think it means thinking a problem through and actually "proving" or at least "estimating" that your solution works before you set off to design and build.
- ampdepolymerase 6y agoIsn't that what literally every algorithms course teach you?
- forgotmypw17 6y agoa) I worked in the industry for 20+ years before I took a single algos course, and so do many other people b) Algos is only a small part of it. It is not just individual bits of code, but the whole system you're designing, all the moving pieces, how they connect together, network effects, etc.