Solving algorithms: beyond cramming for job interviews
summary
Claim: solving algorithm puzzles boosts everyday developer skills beyond interviews, backed by one concrete cycle — 400 LeetCode problems in a year — and real work wins: an open source Poly Chrome figma plugin that finds backgrounds without freezing the editor after tree-traversal optimizations, automated network-map layout for thousands of devices with clustering heuristics, and mutation-testing report aggregation. Includes clear practice rules: 40‑minute time caps, start easy and progress by topic, and expect uncanny results like the 50% airplane-seat probability example.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:52Nina's algorithm journey
- 3:21Boring algorithms myth
- 4:25Fun algorithmic problems
- 9:09Algorithm complexity myth
- 15:00Algorithms in real work
- 16:25Positive results from algorithms
- 22:12Faster coding with algorithms
- 24:21Improving communication through algorithm solutions
- 26:10Beyond programming horizons
- 26:51Productive algorithm solving
- 31:12Call to action
- 31:36Q&A
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