8 Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job

Re:8 Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job by the_doctah on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @12:22PM (#34163281)

Shockingly, sometimes Software Engineers are asked to write algorithms for their job.

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Re:8 Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job by awa on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @12:40PM (#34163508)

Frankly, Leetcode seems like a more objective test to me than a panel of interviewer grinding me on behavioral questions checklist.

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Re:8 Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job by TedDoesntTalk on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @12:35PM (#34163443)

And you don’t resort to memorized algorithms when that happens. You research.

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Re:8 Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job by throwawaysleep on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @12:50PM (#34163637)

And you would never plunk down a memorized verbatim fix in such a scenario.

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Re:8 Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job by the_doctah on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @02:16PM (#34164657)

No, but I'd be far more likely to choose the appropriate data structure or canned algo since I know how they all work

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