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Hey fellow devs. How useful are those algoritm interview prep style books? worth reading? why or why not? Alternatives?
@Wintermute21 the one google recommends (http://www.algorist.com/) felt like a less-dry review of what i'd learned as an undergrad. leaned more heavily on graph algorithms (which seems to be what they care about), and stressed recognizing that something was an instance of a known problem with standard approaches.
i didn't get the job, but i do feel like it helped. :)
@rascalking now that i think about it, i got this for $10 in an ebook sale, lol. Time to brush up.
