Someone said this about FAANG jobs:
It’s so true! But why?
It turns out, FAANG interviews are all about algorithms and software engineering isn’t. Does python use quick sort or bubble sort when you call sorted? Doesn’t matter, just call sorted. What matters? Data structures. And not the kind from CS61B.
Rob Pike
Rob Pike, a unix legend and co-inventor of Go has this to say about data and algorithms.
Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures, not algorithms, are central to programming.
Personally, I’d change “data structures” to “data schemas”, but otherwise Rob Pike is spot on.
If you’ve never heard this before, sit on it. It’ll change how you see design and make you code much, much faster. We’ll dig into it deeper in this post.
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