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Re:Why Software Maker Fog Creek Is Helping Its Competitors H... by gaius on Thursday March 05, 2015 @04:05PM (#9153808)
As I often say, interviews based on the final year algorithms and datastructures exam are just a way to sneak ageism under the HR radar.
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Re:Why Software Maker Fog Creek Is Helping Its Competitors H... by rifung on Thursday March 05, 2015 @05:00PM (#9154148)
What final year algorithms and data structures exam are you referring to?
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Re:Why Software Maker Fog Creek Is Helping Its Competitors H... by gaius on Thursday March 05, 2015 @05:35PM (#9154362)
Questions like pruning a red-black tree or manipulating a linked list on a whiteboard.
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Re:Why Software Maker Fog Creek Is Helping Its Competitors H... by rifung on Friday March 06, 2015 @01:56PM (#9158763)
Actually I was more curious about the final year exam itself. Is this required in some schools? I have never heard of such a thing in colleges in the US.
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Re:Why Software Maker Fog Creek Is Helping Its Competitors H... by gaius on Saturday March 07, 2015 @05:20AM (#9161514)
No algorithms and datastructures in CS??
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