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Re:Lessons from a Silicon Valley job search by recursive on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @10:09PM (#7433394)
Is it possible to write working code without understanding O()? Definitely.

Is it helpful to understand? Definitely.

Re:Lessons from a Silicon Valley job search by rhizome on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @11:13PM (#7433583)
Of course, but neither was your point. You were rebutting that algo & bintree knowledge are unnecessary in the vast majority of companies, in favor of the pursuit of O(n) knowledge in candidates. None of your examples validated this, and "should" became merely "helpful."
Re:Lessons from a Silicon Valley job search by recursive on Thursday March 20, 2014 @02:21AM (#7434177)
I suppose I considered it reasonable to consider things that are helpful should be done.