I stood in front of a whiteboard. Hands shaking. Cheeks red. I panicked and my mind drew a blank. I was in a sun-filled Google office to interview for a software engineer job. The company had less than 1,000 employees. Now it has 135,000.
Programming complex systems kind-of requires both abilities. Writing a good program is equivalent to giving a complete and clear description of the problem and its solution
Thank you for writing this! It resonates so clearly with me. Love, love, love it
I think out of all skills, two stand out as crucial:
- The ability to mathematically model a situation, and implement it in software
- The ability to analyze a situation and communicate the analysis succinctly and convincingly
Programming complex systems kind-of requires both abilities. Writing a good program is equivalent to giving a complete and clear description of the problem and its solution