Cargo Cults and Interview Questions
As someone sitting idly in a rather crowded Sunnyvale hotel lobby awaiting my own interview, I'm prepared for a Bob, but I'm afraid I'll get a Ted.<p>I'm not a formally schooled developer. I don't know a heap about traditional computer science. I don't know all the sorting algorithms off hand (but could throw one together with a little time and reference). I'm not even fluent in all the jargon, vernacular and glossary terms that devs bat around.<p>I don't know if I'm the best for this job, but I know only 3 short years ago, I was doing graphic design and 3 years before that, I was trying to make good on my degree (and dream) of journalism.<p>None of us choose how we learn, but I think the best of us just know <i>how</i> to.