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> internalizing how they work And how long do you expect that to take? Do you think I haven't tried doing that before? It just doesn't register unless i'm lite
by theogravity 2y ago
> internalizing how they work
And how long do you expect that to take? Do you think I haven't tried doing that before? It just doesn't register unless i'm literally doing it every day. And with so many algorithms out there there's not enough time to internalize all that.
I don't have that kind of memory everyone else seems to have.
- Izkata 2y ago> And with so many algorithms out there Their point is that this is wrong. They're saying there's a few underlying principles that apply to most of these, and those are what you have to internalize.
- Jensson 2y agoYeah, a few concepts like hashing, "divide and conquer" and dynamic programming is enough to solve most problems. If you understand and know how to use those and a few more well you easily ace interview questions because those are the building blocks for almost all useful simple algorithms that you get asked about in interviews.