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Re:Meta announces hiring freeze, warns employees of restruct... by tw20212021 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @04:20PM (#33026573)
When I did the system design interview the guy told me that zuckeberg created memcached. Not sure if he meant used or invented, could have just been a language thing. Anyway, I'm glad I didn't pass.
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Re:Meta announces hiring freeze, warns employees of restruct... by camdat on Thursday September 29, 2022 @07:36PM (#33028823)
A oft-told tale in FB. Zuck rewrote memcached for FB in 2005. Either you or he is slightly misremembering the story.
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Re:Meta announces hiring freeze, warns employees of restruct... by bitL on Thursday September 29, 2022 @05:43PM (#33027660)
A guy from Google told me that a quantum computer can solve all NP-hard problems... They aren't always the best and brightest.
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