Re:How necessary are the programming fundamentals?
by username90 on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @06:42AM
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If you have been creative with algorithms then you will have the fundamental ones in your head. Every time you add layers the last layers needs to be really stable, so testing the layers they need to have built upon is a good way to filter out people who haven't progressed past that layer.
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Re:How necessary are the programming fundamentals?
by tchalla on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @07:17AM
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> If you have been creative with algorithms then you will have the fundamental ones in your head.
You can be creative with algorithms without having the "fundamental" ones in your head because you know where to look them up. Therefore, testing the layers; tests for recall and not for those layers. In most situations, these tests only test for short-term preparation.