The art of response - LessWrong
Imagine two different software engineers in job interviews. Both are asked for an algorithm that solves some programming puzzle, such as "identify all palindromes in a string of characters." …
x The art of response — LessWrong Replacing Guilt Frontpage 15 The art of response by So8res 3rd Jan 2016 Linkpost for mindingourway.com 7 min read 0 15 Imagine two different software engineers in job interviews. Both are asked for an algorithm that solves some programming puzzle, such as "identify all palindromes in a string of characters." The first candidate, Alice, reflexively enters problem-solving mode upon hearing the problem. She pauses for a few seconds as she internalizes the problem, and then quickly thinks up a very inefficient algorithm that finds the answer by brute force. She de
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