Right, but Andreessen also says, in that post: For example, test programmers on basic algorithms -- linked lists, binary searches. Just in pseudocode -- it do

Right, but Andreessen also says, in that post: For example, test programmers on basic algorithms -- linked lists, binary searches. Just in pseudocode -- it doesn't matter if they know the relevant Java library calls. It does matter if they are unable to go up to the whiteboard and work their way through something that was covered in their first algorithms course.