Big companies: How much syntax do you remember?
After a few years at G and internal tools/proto built-in functions, I can't remember list functions, extend/append, external libraries like Math and random. All things I could use with a quick search and doc or StackOverflow answer, but I'd be useless with just an IDE and no internet. Did a few phone screens on coderpad and got cruuuushed by syntax errors. How do you keep those skills sharp?
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Amazon hot 🍞 Apr 26, 2019
I just wrote 1000 lines of python and it ran on the first try, and it was on a chalk board.
Google tsukino Apr 26, 2019
print('1') print('2') print('3') ... print('1000')
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AnEngineer Apr 26, 2019I would still fuck that up
Google tsukino Apr 26, 2019
Leeeeeeeeeeeetcode
Cimpress GBmf58 Apr 26, 2019
Honestly as much as I hate it, leetcode actually is a really good resource for removing dependency on IDE and auto complete support.
If you can’t code on pen and paper and get it to compile sans any warnings, then you’re not a real engineer.