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AMA: Steven Skiena, CS Professor and Author of The Algorithm Design Manual

by ra7 on 2/8/18, 12:01 AM with 3 comments

• by qohen on 2/8/18, 2:23 AM

  The conclusion of Professor Skiena's answer to a question about tech interviews[0]:

  "When I had a startup company, all candidates we interviewed were amazed that I never asked them algorithm questions! I wasn't hiring them to answer puzzle questions, so why ask? And I am quite proud of the very good people we hired at General Sentiment".

  [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/7vxid2/i...

• by ludicast on 2/8/18, 11:04 AM

  Highly recommended for those looking to grasp discrete math at a deeper level: http://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~algorith/math-video/

  Skiena goes through the amazing Concrete Mathematics book (which he didn't write). Warning - it is from the time when people used markers to write out their lecture notes!