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> * The ability to solve easy and medium leetcode-like challenges What about Fermi estimation problems? The internet seems to have turned on them in recent yea
by uraniumjelly 3y ago
> * The ability to solve easy and medium leetcode-like challenges
What about Fermi estimation problems? The internet seems to have turned on them in recent years, but they are a good test of intuition and general problem solving skills.
- TrustThrows 3y agoIn four of the last five jobs I have held over the last 30 years, I have been the "last resort", the one who can find a creative, elegant, cost-effective solution when everyone else is hitting dead ends or just sitting there spinning their wheels in the mud. And I go utterly blank when confronted with a Fermi problem. People who are good at Fermi problems may be good problem solvers. But people who are good problem solvers may not be good at Fermi problems.