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Re:My startup failed, then I found out I was unemployable by porb121 on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @12:58PM (#26795330)
I'm sorry, what? You need to take _years_ to practice for algorithm interviews? You think that it's physically demanding to do BFS?

Nobody will tell you what to do? What about, say, the entire interviewing ecosystem that's sprouted up?

Re:My startup failed, then I found out I was unemployable by thescriptkiddie on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @03:37PM (#26797923)
I was alluding to the near-universal requirement of a college degree, and to the importance of social skills that most engineers frankly lack. Maybe not exactly what the parent comment was referring to.