Algorithms interviews: theory vs. practice https://danluu.com/algorithms-interviews/ …
I believe this also applies to other engineering fields v. programming (e.g., ChemE). To me, this is a core part of why it's puzzling that programmers are paid well. Responses to, e.g., https://jefftk.com/p/programmers-should-plan-for-lower-pay … say/imply that programming is particularly hard, but how can that be?
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Possibly relevant: investment banking has a history of taking smart (and/or well-connected) young people and paying them a lot. Those people often didn't seem to have any specific skills that constituted a barrier to entry. The hours do seem more unpleasant, though.
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A friend suggested that management consulting could work much the same for me ("in a way, it's a lot like debate, you might enjoy it, and you could probably get hired"). However I haven't about its hiring processes, beyond his testimony.
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My original tweet was poorly worded. I should have said "software" instead of "tech", but I wanted to include ops and other folks that don't necessarily consider themselves "software engineers".
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Programming at its core requires analysis skills, and lots of other fields require that as well. People in those fields would probably make good programmers. Programmers might not succeed in those other fields due to lack of domain knowledge.
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