Message from JavaScript discussions
July 2017
— That's awesome
TBH the CEO was in on the interview and did not know his stuff. They remarked I knew "too much theory" when I went over all the computer science basics every programmer should know
— I said graph theory was a fundamental concept and can be applied to everything, and in response they basically brushed it off as being "too sciency" or something, as if it wasn't a good thing
— What the fuck
— Have you seen the Google Interview videos on YouTube?
— Yeah, basically I demonstrated pretty high proficiency in CS and how it relates to JS, and they looked through it as irrelevant... fml
— I have
— They're ALL about O-notation, algorithms on whiteboards, etc
— >too much theory is a bad thing
just how...
— Knowing when to apply certain patterns is the most important skill there is
— Yep
— They just did not understand how knowing your basic theory applies to software development