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Re:Wu Riddles: Hardcore tech-interview style riddles and mat... by amichail on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @04:54PM (#466595)
Do you know anyone who is good at programming in general but not in solving these puzzles?

Software engineering is not the same thing as (clever) algorithm design.

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Re:Wu Riddles: Hardcore tech-interview style riddles and mat... by elq on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @08:49PM (#466935)
Writing software is essentially solving problems.

Some of these puzzle/problems are stupid, but if you do not know how to solve problems well and frequently you probably will not be a good (let alone excellent) software developer.

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