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> the hypothesis (propagated mostly by the Google-style job interview) that intensely coding clever for-loops to perform algorithmic magic (for things usually already in the standard library) is the best measure of the competence of a software developer

I think the hypothesis is, rather, that people who can successfully run that gauntlet are smart and motivated. The details of the problems they’re solving along the way are almost incidental.



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