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Blaming it on CTCI is like blaming it on needle manufacturers for people shooting up with heroin. The issue is more fundamental. CTCI is just giving a methodolo
by bradlys 4y ago
Blaming it on CTCI is like blaming it on needle manufacturers for people shooting up with heroin. The issue is more fundamental. CTCI is just giving a methodology for people to get through the interview process.
The issue is that SV cargo cults extremely hard. A lot of startups copy the big companies (and often the founders of small companies are from big companies - so they take what they know with them). Then everyone is like, "SV is so cool and full of money! Let's copy everything they do to emulate their success."
That's all it is. I'm not a fan of the author (for personal reasons) of CTCI but I don't think she or the existence of the book is the issue.
- com2kid 4y agoMicrosoft was one of the first big tech companies to popularize these styles of white board coding interviews. Back when I was in college, Google had just lowered their hiring bar from "must have PhD" to "well BS from an Ivy League may be good enough", CTCI was seen as a way into Amazon and Microsoft.