Without referring to a model implementation, I cannot write a binary search method, complete the tenpin bowling game TDD kata or any of the other bread-and-butter tasks you'd expect from someone with nearly 20 years in the biz.
I would guess that many people feel this way when it comes to coding challenges for interviews - even people you might not expect, e.g. see this tweet from DHH, the creator of Ruby on Rails.
The many books out there that help developers prepare specifically for the riddles and challenges that pop up in technical interviews would lead one to conclude that those formally taught CS don't have this knowledge floating about in their heads on a day to day basis either.
The journey of learning and creating is why we do it :)
Keep the head up and happy coding.
Kyle
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Hi Matt,
I think you're being a bit hard on yourself here.
I would guess that many people feel this way when it comes to coding challenges for interviews - even people you might not expect, e.g. see this tweet from DHH, the creator of Ruby on Rails.
The many books out there that help developers prepare specifically for the riddles and challenges that pop up in technical interviews would lead one to conclude that those formally taught CS don't have this knowledge floating about in their heads on a day to day basis either.
The journey of learning and creating is why we do it :)
Keep the head up and happy coding.
Kyle