Ask HN: Why do many software engineers not know data structures and algorithms?

Re:Ask HN: Why do many software engineers not know data stru... by g_langenderfer on Monday August 12, 2019 @08:56PM (#20681782)

I've been traveling around the world earning money as a freelance software developer. I have had no need to use any data structures or algorithms to complete my work.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do many software engineers not know data stru... by sethammons on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @10:16PM (#20692167)

Can you expand on what you do? I can't even imagine a situation where you would not have data structures nor algorithms.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do many software engineers not know data stru... by g_langenderfer on Sunday August 18, 2019 @08:01PM (#20733768)

So far, I've been paid to ship machine learning tutorial content for an education startup. I got the client through upwork.

Think of all the people that know less about site administration/programming than you. These people would rather spend their time working on their business and pay you to work in it.

It also helps that cost of living in South America/SEA is much lower than the US. I was paying $150/month rent in Medellin, Colombia, for example.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do many software engineers not know data stru... by throw51319 on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @10:13AM (#20685994)

What kind of dev work do you do? I want to do this but i'm not confident in my abilities yet.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do many software engineers not know data stru... by g_langenderfer on Sunday August 18, 2019 @07:57PM (#20733744)

I shipped machine learning tutorials for an education startup client through upwork. Here's a sample: https://colab.research.google.com/github/geofflangenderfer/m...

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