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Fewer and fewer computer science students seem to graduate with an understanding of or appreciation for actual computer science.

All the big tech companies ask pop-quiz questions and the same handful of "regurgitate this algorithm on a whiteboard" problems in interviews, and then say they've checked for "fundamentals".

Are you really surprised that people adjust to and optimize for doing well at that?




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