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Re:Why Linked Lists Are an Interview Staple by DuskStar on Thursday June 06, 2019 @01:36AM (#20111881)
> Data structures classes were standard in CS curriculum standard in CS curriculum until at least the late-2000s

Are they not still standard? I graduated in 2017, and "Data structures and Algorithms" was certainly on my mandatory course list. (Ahh, EECS 281...)

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Re:Why Linked Lists Are an Interview Staple by wayoutthere on Thursday June 06, 2019 @01:43AM (#20111910)
No idea; I haven’t been anywhere near a CS department since the late 2000s so I can only vouch until then :)
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Re:Why Linked Lists Are an Interview Staple by DuskStar on Thursday June 06, 2019 @01:48AM (#20111935)
I wish the project descriptions were public so I could check that the contents match what I remember, but at the very least UMich is still requiring that course: (course requirements guide on page 3 [0], syllabus [1])

0: https://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/undergraduate/computer-scien...

1: https://www.eecs.umich.edu/courses/eecs281/syllabus

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