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The credentials are a much bigger barrier than the interview format. You can easily self-teach the algorithms / data structures theory.
by ummonk 5y ago
The credentials are a much bigger barrier than the interview format. You can easily self-teach the algorithms / data structures theory.
- taurath 5y agoNot that easily, especially when there are things that are rarely used in actual development that CS courses force you to memorize - it’s hard to know what is important and what is not. Code interview prep books being 400+ pages kind of show this.
- bradleyjg 5y agoYes, exactly. One of the things we had going for us as an industry is that our interviews might be BS but at least anyone had a shot. You didn’t have to go to Harvard. Now that’s ending.