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Re:Dynamic Programming vs. Divide-and-Conquer (2018) by mavelikara on Sunday April 25, 2021 @02:58PM (#26935486)
> i read all of the standard resources (CLRS, vazirani, kleinberg, etc), watch all the youtube videos, did all of the practice problems in the books, and still couldn't solve the kinds that are asked on interviews. i even went as far as emailing kleinberg for help.

I dread at the thought of coming across you in an interview loop some day.

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Re:Dynamic Programming vs. Divide-and-Conquer (2018) by anon_tor_12345 on Sunday April 25, 2021 @04:21PM (#26936293)
You dread the thought of coming across someone who mastered a challenging technique? Ok
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Re:Dynamic Programming vs. Divide-and-Conquer (2018) by mavelikara on Sunday April 25, 2021 @05:04PM (#26936665)
Yeah, when the challenge is dynamic programing and the goal is a FAANG job.

I don't mean it as a put down, but it is a realization of my own how much the field has moved on since the last time I applied for a programer job.

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Re:Dynamic Programming vs. Divide-and-Conquer (2018) by anon_tor_12345 on Sunday April 25, 2021 @05:37PM (#26936925)
fwiw I don't ask dp questions on interviews and most of FB doesn't either (I didn't know that before I got hired)
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