Same. I’ve been in the industry for over a decade and the only time I had to implement an algorithm/ds like b-trees or quicksort has been at the university.
Usually, what companies want is people that can handle db failovers, deploy k8s services, know how to talk to business, and write good enough code. It’s sad, but it is what it is.
Agree. It's frustrating that my demonstrated experience scaling a system 100x while achieving > 99.995% uptime is somehow less meaningful than my ability to code random problems outside of an IDE for 45 minutes.
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Same. I’ve been in the industry for over a decade and the only time I had to implement an algorithm/ds like b-trees or quicksort has been at the university.
Usually, what companies want is people that can handle db failovers, deploy k8s services, know how to talk to business, and write good enough code. It’s sad, but it is what it is.
Agree. It's frustrating that my demonstrated experience scaling a system 100x while achieving > 99.995% uptime is somehow less meaningful than my ability to code random problems outside of an IDE for 45 minutes.