Key word here was "front-end". Algorithms aren't usually featured as often there. Before we break out the broad brushes, lets not paint all programming jobs a

Key word here was "front-end". Algorithms aren't usually featured as often there. Before we break out the broad brushes, lets not paint all programming jobs as requiring the same skills. [1] Eric Lippert summed this up quite nicely: >> Does not having knowledge in Data Structures really affect one's career in programming? > Well it certainly will prevent you from getting a job on my team. But like I said before, programming is a huge field. There are lots of kinds of computer programming that don't require knowledge of data structures. [1] http://programmers.stackexchange.com/a/102123 http://programmers.stackexchange.com/a/102123