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Re:What is the best part about being a Software Engineer? by crdoconnor on Thursday April 28, 2016 @05:29AM (#11587459)
CRUD web apps actually need decent knowledge of database theory but nobody asks about normalization in interviews.

The algorithms thing is pure cargo cult behavior (Google asks about them in interviews).

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Re:What is the best part about being a Software Engineer? by ak39 on Thursday April 28, 2016 @07:15AM (#11587892)
Agreed. Data before algos. Isn't that what Linus said too?

Over my looong career doing CRUD applications (& proudly loving it), I've seen too many over-engineered programs and "business logic" introduce just to compensate for poor data models.

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