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Much of the technical advice in Steve Yegge's article boils down to this: "Study a data-structures and algorithms book. Focus on complexity, graphs, discrete ma
by BrandonY 13y ago
Much of the technical advice in Steve Yegge's article boils down to this: "Study a data-structures and algorithms book. Focus on complexity, graphs, discrete math, operating systems, and algorithms."
While you could consider this advice on how to game an interview, I would argue it's also excellent advice on how to become a better software engineer.
- enneff 13y agoIn addition, Yegge's article is not pitched at the layman. It is for working programmers who want to "level up" before tackling a Google interview. I brushed up on my algorithms and data structures before my Google interview, and it certainly helped.
- vladimirralev 13y agoI think may be you missed the important point in the article. Everybody these days knows algorithms and data structures. It's much more about being fast at arbitrary problem solving on the spot and attitude.
- opinali 13y ago+1000 to this. I relate you comment to Neil deGrasse Tyson's quote: "There are people who say “I'll never need this math -- these trig identities from 10th grade or 11th grade.” Or maybe you never learned them. Here's the catch: whether or not you ever use the math that you learned in school, the act of having learned the math established a wiring in your brain that didn't exist before, and it's the wiring in your brain that makes you the problem solver."
- kamaal 13y agoI have an even better of 'wiring' your brain. Work on projects, that forces your brain to wire and you also get work done along the way.