No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This

Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by thomasahle on Monday November 09, 2020 @03:22PM (#25039422)

> I wonder if they asked Pike and Thompson to invert a binary tree.

Would surprise me if they couldn't. Writing compilers include lots of working with trees. Pike has literally written a book with a chapter on Algorithms & Data Structures, including trees.

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Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by nineplay on Monday November 09, 2020 @03:29PM (#25039488)

OK I concede that they'd pass it, I suppose I'm just amused at picturing the scene.

"Can you invert a binary tree?"

"I wrote a book on binary trees!"

"That's very nice. The clock is ticking, you now 19 minutes left... "

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Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by kjs3 on Monday November 09, 2020 @06:15PM (#25041145)

I picture the scene as:

"...and that's the answer."

"Sorry...you're wrong. That's not how we solve it."

"I wrote the book on it. I just solved it for you starting from first principles. It can be used as a proof."

"Sorry...if you can't think the way we do you just won't fit in."

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Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by nineplay on Monday November 09, 2020 @06:40PM (#25041317)

"I asked you to write an algorithm, not a bunch of Greek letters. Is that your fraternity or something?"

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Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by ganafagol on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @02:37AM (#25043603)

If that's the answer you get, be glad. Dodged a bullet. Go find a job somewhere else where they value your skills. There was no good fit to begin with.

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