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The author brings up some interesting points, but fails to back them up. Why does he prefer not to write on the whiteboard? Why Python? [1] Why interview the in
by zck 15y ago
The author brings up some interesting points, but fails to back them up. Why does he prefer not to write on the whiteboard? Why Python? [1] Why interview the interviewer? Sure, there are reasons I can think of, but I'm not convinced, and would like to know why he is.
[1] In later tips, he gets into some things that make Python good, but it needs to be justified more, given that his advice boils down to "use Python even if you've never seen it before".
- seanmccann 15y agoI think the quote from the interviewer summarizes it best. "Normally people write it in Java and it takes them a while and it takes up a lot more space on the whiteboard. They spend a lot of time manipulating the input string." If you're more comfortable with Ruby, it would also be a great alternative. Clean, readable code. You get to focus on solving the problem.