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I find it rather sad to see such bitterness and cynicism. Somebody took the time to write a blog post in order to help people, and the reaction above was one of
by danielrhodes 14y ago
I find it rather sad to see such bitterness and cynicism. Somebody took the time to write a blog post in order to help people, and the reaction above was one of anger.
- achompas 14y agoI think the blogpost is worse than helpful, as the author is simply parroting common hiring tropes, then adding misleading advice. Consider: * He recommends CLRS for learning the basics of algorithms. This is like reading baby Rudin to learn about the basics of numbers. * He edited his post 2-3 times because he can't identify whether Common Lisp is a purely functional language or not. * He mentions that side projects don't need to be complex, then suggests "simple" iPhone apps or open source libraries. In practice, neither of these is "simple."