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I'm unpersuaded. To begin with, _is_ it such a waste of time to study programming problems, as, you know, a programmer? Also, more specifically on this piece:

I'm unpersuaded. To begin with, _is_ it such a waste of time to study programming problems, as, you know, a programmer? Also, more specifically on this piece: can anyone explain how Theranos fits in here? I don't get the connection. One the one hand we have a massive fraud, and on the other... people studying techniques that are rarely used by normal software engineers? But that nevertheless are, still, programming techniques. And please no more "considered harmful" titles! It's painful to read at this point.

hughesjj 4y ago
The "considered harmful" essay jumped the shark and got meta the better part of a decade ago, yet here we are... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9744916 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9744916
carlmr 4y ago
>I'm unpersuaded. To begin with, _is_ it such a waste of time to study programming problems, as, you know, a programmer? Me too, I've worked in teams without coding interviews, and they hired a lot more subpar engineers that made everybody's life harder. If I interview I don't put so much emphasis on syntax or the algorithm itself, but whether people can tell me how the algorithms basically work and when to use them.