Disclaimer: These are personal opinions and beliefs, not those of my employer. There are three broad types of interviews in tech: Conversational/behavioral (“soft”) Algorithmic/coding (“hard”) System design (???) The Internet is full of advice on conversational interviewing, Cracking the Coding Interview is the classic prep text for algorithms, yet folks are often mystified…
100% a joke, not representative of actual opinions, etc. C : You are a woods bandit. You roam the land without restriction, climbing trees and rustling RAMs. Your life is carefree until you are killed by a stray -> . C++ : You are still a woods bandit, but a class y one, like Robin Hood. Your band has a number of weird rituals, and those who refuse to follow them are cast out to join the…
As my RC batch draws to a close, I’m interviewing once again. In the vein of Julia Evans’ great blog post, “Questions I’m asking in interviews” , here’s a set of questions to ask your recruiter, interviewers, and/or prospective manager. Obviously you won’t ask all of these at once — here’s a strategy: Go through this list (and others such as Julia’s) and pick out a few that seem especially…
Quick and dirty post on something cool I’ve just learned. While putting together this blog, I’ve wanted an easy way to add an image to a post. I’ve long appreciated Dropbox’s auto-uploading screenshots, and wanted something that easy. Here’s how I did it: Create an “upload” script (“Upload” is a bit of a misnomer here – the actual…