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| Dec 24, 2010 at 22:31 | comment | added | Konrad Rudolph | @Geek: “a … programmer who doesn’t know dynamic programming is a bad programmer?” – yes. That said, I agree that thinking in dynamic programming isn’t trivial when you’re not used to it. But knowing it is an absolute must. | |
| Dec 24, 2010 at 14:35 | comment | added | Macneil | I wouldn't necessarily expect an interviewee to get it right, either, however some companies will. | |
| Dec 24, 2010 at 7:29 | comment | added | Geek | I don't disagree but I have two questions. 1. Solving the unknown ? DP problems become a walk in the park if you have solved some problems in the recent past or you still remember the concept out of college. Someone who has forgotten it will definetely not do well on the white board. 2. If someone is struggling to solve a problem there is no way you can quantify his code quality. What about giving a problem on something like a LinkList or Strings or Arrays such that the person can solve the problem and write code. | |
| Dec 23, 2010 at 12:51 | comment | added | Macneil | @Geek: Remember that "whiteboard" problems are a way to see someone's thought process. Dynamic programming problems should belong in this discussion, as they are very popular with Google, among others. | |
| Dec 23, 2010 at 8:47 | comment | added | Geek | So a UI Programmer who doesn't know dynamic programming is a bad programmer ? For the heck of it any business programmer who can't recollect dynamic programming is bad ? A lot of teens at topcoder will walk through a dynamic programming problem but please have a look at the code they write. | |
| Dec 21, 2010 at 0:19 | history | edited | Macneil | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Dec 21, 2010 at 0:14 | history | answered | Macneil | CC BY-SA 2.5 |