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I posted this elsewhere, creativity with regards to creating and intuiting what will be a good product is completely different than creating a beautiful algorit
by fdgsdfogijq 4y ago
I posted this elsewhere, creativity with regards to creating and intuiting what will be a good product is completely different than creating a beautiful algorithm. Math professors arent known for their sense of style. And I agree, size hampers it, but here we have Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple all creating new products that people like. And who you hire as engineers permeates through the culture.
- aesh2Xa1 4y agoI think OP, and others like myself, are questioning something else. It's not that being creative is different from being "bookish," it's that the two are not mutually exclusive.
- anyfoo 4y ago> here we have Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple all creating new products that people like And you think that those companies don't test proficiency of working with algorithms when hiring? What? Two of them (arguably all three) make operating systems. That's just one of many parts of what they do where proficiency in algorithms and data structures is a strong prerequisite.
- fdgsdfogijq 4y agoIm not saying they dont test, but not anywhere near to the same degree. You absolutely need to be able to solve some of these problems, but FB takes it to another level. Its almost not even comparable in terms of the rigor.
- anyfoo 4y agoThis does not make sense just in the light that every division, every team probably, tests differently according to their needs. I have a suspicion that you are trying to extrapolate some small anecdotical experiences to whole massive companies.