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0 pointskiitos6mo ago0 comments

algorithmic complexity is 100% absolutely orthogonal to the stuff you've mentioned

what you're describing is something different than big-o, in the sense that is commonly understood, and what your interviewer almost certainly intended

I understand what you're describing and talking about but it's not big-o

I would guess that you haven't had any kind of formal cs education? no shade but like there are some important topics covered in those curriculums

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kristopolous6mo ago

But none of that is the point. This was at a well funded company looking for a high scalability engineer.

So excuse me for thinking that's what they're looking for and answering accordingly.

I literally only wanted to work there to team build, then snipe engineers and spin off into my own thing. So whatever.

kiitosOP6mo ago

looks like both you and they dodged bullets in this outcome, so all worked out in the end

nomel6mo ago

I have. I understand big-o, I understand that it’s just algorithmic complexity. I understand big-o is not a performance scaling model, because algorithms run on real hardware. That's fine. Some people enjoy petting spherical cows, and some people work with the nuances of reality. That's also fine.

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