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Re:Algorithms.js – Atwood's Law applied to CS101 by akilism on Friday May 30, 2014 @09:55AM (#7821781)
This seems high...I just went through a bunch of front end web developer interviews and nearly everyone I was asked some algorithm or data structure question. Maybe it's just NYC or maybe it's where I was applying.
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Re:Algorithms.js – Atwood's Law applied to CS101 by acdha on Friday May 30, 2014 @10:10AM (#7821865)
It's likely an artifact of the jobs you're applying for but also consider that they're might be asking those questions now because in the past there were too many applicants who weren't qualified. It's only been fairly recently that front-end development has been taken more seriously as an engineering discipline.
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Re:Algorithms.js – Atwood's Law applied to CS101 by akilism on Friday May 30, 2014 @11:12AM (#7822208)
I get the feeling these days most JS developers at least professional ones aren't totally clueless about algorithms and data structures.
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