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story by marvel_boy · 2026-05-01 · 0 comments

…in Python" coding-problems: https://github.com/MTrajK/coding-problems coding-interview-university: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university coding-interview-university lists "Computational complexity" but not "Computational…

comment by westurner · 2025-01-10 · in Northeastern's curriculum changes abandon fundamentals of computer science

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story by adif_sgaid · 2024-04-16 · 0 comments

…Programmer's Competency Matrix: https://cuamckuu.github.io/index.html Coding Interview University: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university Coding Guidelines: https://awesome-safety-critical.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#co...…

comment by westurner · 2023-09-20 · in Ask HN: Which school produces the best programmers or software engineers?

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story by jeremylevy · 2022-04-07 · 0 comments

I'm not sure why you assume it has to be hundreds of hours. Take a look at something like https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university , which has a lot of different topics. In interview loops I've done recently, I realized I was…

comment by snowyAron · 2022-01-27 · in Poll: Is the leetcode grind necessary to land a high paying remote job?

…pay off! In case someone need it, these 2 lists are very comprehensive and helped me a lot: * https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university * https://techdevguide.withgoogle.com/ Hope it helps!

comment by harttle · 2021-03-17 · in 5 years of leetcode with no progress. I'm giving up

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story by sturza · 2020-12-16 · 216 comments

…various ways to solve the traveling salesman problem - it is a very good, detailed, resource. [0] https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university [1] https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/url/norvig.com/ipython/TSP.ipyn...

comment by whycombagator · 2020-10-13 · in Applying Textbook Data Structures for Real Life Wins

…National Science Foundation research supporting active learning.[14] Coding Interview University: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university Programmer Competency Matrix: https://github.com/hltbra/programmer-competency-checklist…

comment by westurner · 2020-08-02 · in Ask HN: How can I “work-out” critical thinking skills as I age?

…thinking https://westurner.github.io/hnlog/#comment-15454421 Coding Interview University: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university

comment by westurner · 2020-07-10 · in Ask HN: Something like Khan Academy but full curriculum for grade schoolers?

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story by bta12 · 2020-06-12 · 2 comments

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story by Liriel · 2020-02-25 · 0 comments

…(including some from the universities you mention) into some kind of structured learning approach https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university As the url suggests, it's got an agenda about interview prep but the materials do not…

comment by iangregson · 2019-12-31 · in Ask HN: How do I choose the right resource to learn CS fundamentals?

…like techlead’s one[1] What happens if you pay the $8k upfront and fail to get an offer? [0] https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university [1] https://www.techseries.dev/ Edit: FYI your domain is 1 letter away from…

comment by whycombagator · 2019-10-26 · in I'm a Google SWE that's coached 50 through the FAANG interview process. AMA

…don't know where to start, you can search and pick a specific topic here to study it in depth: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university Personally, If I were preparing for a FAANMG interview, I would contribute to widely…

comment by rvz · 2019-10-03 · in Ask HN: Senior Positions Interview Prep Resources?

Start from here: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university When studying from this, choose only to learn the optimal data structures and algorithms, understand why the other solutions are bad and then find out where these…

comment by rvz · 2019-08-22 · in Ask HN: What is some advice for someone self-learning ds/algos for interviews?

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story by fandawg195 · 2019-03-11 · 0 comments

…resource. jwasham/coding-interview-university also links to a number of also helpful OER resources: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university

comment by westurner · 2019-01-29 · in A Self-Learning, Modern Computer Science Curriculum

…of actually learning, I remember this being posted sometime ago, perhaps a good place to start. https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university/blob/... Edit: Actually thinking about it this is probably a good point following taking…

comment by Topgamer7 · 2018-08-17 · in Ask HN: How to start career in programming?

…on your confidence though. 1 - https://www.pramp.com/ 2 - https://github.com/andreis/interview 3 - https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university

comment by smnscu · 2018-06-17 · in Ask HN: How to not fail on coding interview questions?

I did start here as someone like you :D https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university

comment by pabbasian · 2018-06-08 · in Ask HN: Preparing for a FANG interview with no CS background

If you don't have a copy of Cracking The Coding Interview I'd suggest getting one. Also: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university

comment by imauld · 2018-05-18 · in Ask HN: How do Google recruiters work?

…Big-O Cheatsheet: http://bigocheatsheet.com Coding Interview University > Data Structures: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university/blob/... OSSU: Open Source Society University > Core CS > Core Theory > "Algorithms: Design…

comment by westurner · 2018-02-22 · in Ask HN: What's the best algorithms and data structures online course?

…it is not the whole picture and I would point people to the famous coding university github: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university and further push people to follow research and coders they admire such as Peter Norvig:…

comment by hansmalone · 2018-02-15 · in The time spent on practising white board test may not be worthy

…of my comments: https://westurner.github.io/hnlog/ > To get a job, "Coding Interview University": https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university

comment by westurner · 2018-02-03 · in What is the best way to learn to code from absolute scratch?

These aren't channels, but a number of the links are marked with "(video)": https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university/blob/...

comment by westurner · 2018-01-28 · in What are some YouTube channels to progress into advanced levels of programming?

…Big-O Cheatsheet: http://bigocheatsheet.com Coding Interview University > Data Structures: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university/blob/... OSSU: Open Source Society University > Core CS > Core Theory > "Algorithms: Design…

comment by westurner · 2018-01-18 · in Ask HN: Recommended course/website/book to learn data structure and algorithms

…getting a job at one of the big four, and it was good enough to get him through the door at Amazon. https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university In general I think it's a good idea to rethink what your aims as a developer are…

comment by EnderMB · 2018-01-12 · in Ask HN: How do I prepare for an interview for AMZ/GOOG/APL/FB?

Have a look at this https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university#algor...

comment by masternda · 2018-01-11 · in Ask HN: How do I prepare for an interview for AMZ/GOOG/APL/FB?

https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university is what you're looking for

comment by khalilch2 · 2018-01-11 · in Ask HN: How do I prepare for an interview for AMZ/GOOG/APL/FB?

https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university

comment by Mc_Big_G · 2018-01-11 · in Ask HN: How do I prepare for an interview for AMZ/GOOG/APL/FB?

Start here: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university I wouldn't recommend going back to school. You already have a Master's in Physics, which should give you all the math background you need to understand CS algos. I'd even…

comment by breakpointalpha · 2018-01-04 · in Ask HN: How much do you make at Facebook/Amazon/Apple/Netflix/Google/Microsoft?

…- Very basic tutorials, has Java and Python as well as others - https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university - Lots of general CS info, this is the important stuff

comment by imauld · 2017-12-24 · in Ask HN: Is Java worth learning?

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story by rhakmi · 2017-12-11 · 53 comments

This has made the rounds here previously. Hope it helps: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university

comment by imauld · 2017-10-28 · in Ask HN: How should I prepare for Google “Software Engineer,Front End” interview?

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story by avgr · 2017-10-12 · 0 comments

To get a job, "Coding Interview University": https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university

comment by westurner · 2017-10-11 · in Ask HN: How to introduce someone to programming concepts during 12-hour drive?

This is also a great resource, if you're into studying yourself: "Coding Interview University" https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university

comment by westurner · 2017-09-26 · in Technical and non-technical tips for rocking your coding interview

…https://github.com/ossu/computer-science This is also great: - "Coding Interview University" https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university Neither these nor the ACM Curriculum are specifically topologically sorted.

comment by westurner · 2017-09-19 · in Ask HN: Any detailed explanation of computer science

I suppose this can be helpful to you https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university

comment by yaman_jain · 2017-08-23 · in Getting into Google for average software engineer

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story by happy-go-lucky · 2017-07-26 · 0 comments

…made the rounds here a little while ago and should help you prepare for CS heavy type interviews: https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university It's pretty in depth and extremely popular (44k stars). Hope it helps.

comment by imauld · 2017-06-23 · in Ask HN: What have the s/w interviews evolved to :(

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story by sdomino · 2017-03-08 · 0 comments

…if anything presented will work. [1]: https://googleyasheck.com/presenting-at-code-fellows/ [2]: https://github.com/jwasham/google-interview-university

comment by enzanki_ars · 2017-01-11 · in I Didn't Get Hired to Google

…plan for going from web developer (self-taught, no CS degree) to Google software engineer." From: https://github.com/jwasham/google-interview-university

comment by tyingq · 2017-01-11 · in I Didn't Get Hired to Google