Timeline for Is programming or computer science in general, all about algorithms?
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| S May 20, 2018 at 20:13 | history | suggested | Pang | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 6, 2012 at 3:29 | comment | added | user396089 | As for the questions that appear in the programming competitions - you are pretty much hosed if you have not seen the question before (unless your IQ also happens to be 3 SD away from the normal) | |
| Jun 6, 2012 at 3:27 | comment | added | user396089 | "As for how to practice algorithm design, Steve Yegge reccomends Skiena's The Algorithm Design Manual in his excellent guide to interviewing as a programmer." Sorry, but this might not be applicable to the person who asked this question as he happens to be a grad student. Google/MS has moved on from Skiena (for grad students), to asking questions which have appeared in international collegiate programming competitions. (This I know for sure from anecdotal experience). Skiena's book is still used - but mainly for the undergrad level candidates. | |
| Feb 8, 2012 at 20:20 | comment | added | Adam Crossland | +1: programming languages, frameworks, operating system, editors, toolsets, they all come-and-go, but knowing how to solve problems effectively has everything to do with knowing the fundamentals of data structures and algorithms. These things stay with us always. | |
| Feb 8, 2012 at 18:01 | history | answered | Andrew B | CC BY-SA 3.0 |