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Algorithmica
- fn-mote 2y agoNon-Russian speakers may find this of limited interest. > The English version of the website is a work in progress; the only useful thing you can find here is the continuously updated draft of Algorithms for Modern Hardware. We are currently more focused on the Russian version [...]
- JohnKemeny 2y agoRelated: Algorithms for Modern Hardware (76 comments). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39700809 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39700809
- d0mine 2y ago[flagged]
- thih9 2y agoIt’s useful for employers though, it’s a good indicator of who is the most desperate to work there; for certain roles and companies a higher than usual level of desperation seems a necessary prerequisite.
- JohnKemeny 2y agoDo you mean a tragedy? It's not so bad, is it? They are usually quite simple problems and in my experience don't take more than 30 minutes to complete. I much prefer to spend 30 minutes solving a simple programming challenge than talk about my strengths and weaknesses.
- lainga 2y agore. travesty - I could see it as An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation of the real work to be done
- d0mine 2y agotravesty: a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/travesty https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/travesty Unless you grind leetcode problems, it is unlikely one could solve them in 30 minutes (you are supposed to cheat). For example, see whether you can come up with Manacher's algorithm (or any other O(n) solution in 30 minutes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_palindromic_substring#Manacher's_algorithm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_palindromic_substring#... (the example is from the real interview for senior position (implies multiyear programming experience)). I could see a dynamic programming solution (quadratic) be implemented in 30 minutes but not O(n). Try it for yourself.
- richardw 2y agoIt’s a leveller. People who haven’t had the benefits of working with the exact stack on the same type of problem in another similar company still get a shot. Do you have the drive and enough mental acuity to solve this set of problems? You’ll figure out the stack and job.
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