Comment on Show HN: Every problem and solution in Beyond Cracking the Coding InterviewparentComments−brettgriffin1yYou don't think rote learning is a desirable skill of candidates that employers look for?Can you think of anything we do for, say, the first two decades of our life, that could send this signal?−ryandrake1yMaybe I'm in the minority, but I don't think the ability to memorize dozens of algorithms and then spit them out on demand is really that useful to most practicing software developers, nor is it a good signal about one's technical expertise.
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You don't think rote learning is a desirable skill of candidates that employers look for?
Can you think of anything we do for, say, the first two decades of our life, that could send this signal?
Maybe I'm in the minority, but I don't think the ability to memorize dozens of algorithms and then spit them out on demand is really that useful to most practicing software developers, nor is it a good signal about one's technical expertise.