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And the candidate was ultimately not hired by the said FAANG.
by orthoxerox 5y ago
And the candidate was ultimately not hired by the said FAANG.
- Ensorceled 5y ago"This is clever, but I don't think it will work in practice and I don't believe it is O(n * log(n)) and will assert it is O(n*n) until I die."
- fer 5y ago"It outperforms any of the solutions I've seen but the code isn't as readable, next!"
- bombcar 5y ago“Sorry Dr. Knuth, we’re looking for someone with more algorithm experience.”
- Ensorceled 5y ago"Yes, yes. I meant PRACTICAL algorithm experience."
- technofiend 5y agoProgramming MIX? Do you have any relevant experience, Dr. Knuth?
- ignoramous 5y agoI get the sarcasm [0], but: Having watched a few of Dr. Knuth's lectures [1], I'm convinced he'd wipe the floor with FAANG interviewers. [0] I mean, this has happened for real: Bram Cohen (BitTorrent co-inventor) / brew's (package manager for macOS) co-developer couldn't get past Google interviews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9695102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9695102 [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?query=knuth%20christmas https://hn.algolia.com/?query=knuth%20christmas