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-# Project 9894
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+# Google Interview University
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+*(formerly known as Project 9894)*
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-This is a setup for this project, which is stealthy right now. Will add more detail soon.
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+### What is it?
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+
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+This is my multi-month study plan for going from web developer (self-taught, no CS degree) to
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+Google software engineer. Don't let that offend you if you are a web developer. I'm speaking
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+from my experience, not yours.
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+
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+ This long list has been extracted and expanded from Google's coaching notes, so these are the things
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+ you need to know. There are extras at the bottom, but this is the list. No shortcuts.
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+
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+## Why use it?
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+
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+I'm following this plan to prepare for my Google interview. I've been building the web, building
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+services, and launching startups since 1997. I have an economics degree, not a CS degree. I've
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+been very successful in my career, but I want to work at Google. I want to progress into larger systems
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+and get a real understanding of computer systems, algorithmic efficiency, data structure performance,
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+low-level languages, and how it all works. And if you don't know any of it, Google won't hire you.
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+When I started this I didn't know a stack from a heap, didn't know Big-O anything, anything about trees, or how to
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+traverse a graph. If I had to code a sorting algorithm, I can tell ya it wouldn't have been very good.
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+Every data structure I've ever used was built in to the language, and I didn't know how they worked
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+under the hood at all. I've never had to manage memory, unless a process I was running would give an "out of
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+memory" error, and then I'd have to find a workaround. I've used a few multi-dimensional arrays in my life and
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+thousands of associative arrays, but I've never created data structures from scratch.
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+
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+But after going through this study plan I have high confidence I'll be hired. It's a long plan. It's going to take me
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+months. If you are familiar with a lot of this already it will take you a lot less time.
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+
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+### How to use it
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+
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+Everything below is an outline, and you should tackle the items in order from top to bottom.
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+I'm using Github's special markdown flavor, including tasks lists to check my progress.
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+
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+I check each task box at the beginning of a line when I'm done with it. When all sub-items in a block are done,
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+I put [x] at the top level, meaning the entire block is done. Sorry you have to remove all my [x] markings
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+to use this the same way. If you search/replace, just replace [x] with [ ].
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+Sometimes I just put a [x] at top level if I know I've done all the subtasks, to cut down on clutter.
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+
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+More about Github flavored markdown: https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/#GitHub-flavored-markdown
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+
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+## Interview Process & General Interview Prep
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+
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+- [x] Videos:
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+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWbUtlUhwa8&feature=youtu.be
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+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc1owf2-220&feature=youtu.be
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+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8npJLXkcmu8
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+
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+- [x] Articles:
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+ - [x] http://www.google.com/about/careers/lifeatgoogle/hiringprocess/
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+ - [x] http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/03/get-that-job-at-google.html
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+ - all the things he mentions that you need to know are listed below
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+ - [x] (very dated) http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2010/09/how-to-get-a-job-at-google-interview-questions-hiring-process.html
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+ - [x] http://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/five-essential-phone-screen-questions
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+
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+- [x] Additional (not suggested by Google but I added):
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+ - [x] https://medium.com/always-be-coding/abc-always-be-coding-d5f8051afce2#.4heg8zvm4
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+ - [x] https://medium.com/always-be-coding/four-steps-to-google-without-a-degree-8f381aa6bd5e#.asalo1vfx
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+ - [x] https://medium.com/@dpup/whiteboarding-4df873dbba2e#.hf6jn45g1
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+ - [x] http://www.kpcb.com/blog/lessons-learned-how-google-thinks-about-hiring-management-and-culture
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+ - [x] http://www.coderust.com/blog/2014/04/10/effective-whiteboarding-during-programming-interviews/
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+ - [x] Cracking The Coding Interview Set 1:
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+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEJzOhC5ZtQ
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+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aClxtDcdpsQ
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+ - [x] How to Get a Job at the Big 4:
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+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJZCUhxNCv8
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+ - [x] http://alexbowe.com/failing-at-google-interviews/
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+
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+
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+## Prerequisite Knowledge
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+
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+This short section were prerequisites/interesting info I wanted to learn before getting started on the daily plan.
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+
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+You need to know C, C++, or Java to do the coding part of the interview.
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+They will sometimes make an exception and let you use Python or some other language, but the language
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+must be mainstream and allow you write your code low-level enough to solve the problems.
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+You'll see some C, C++ learning included below.
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+
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+There are a few books involved, see the bottom.
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+Some videos are available only by enrolling in a Coursera or EdX class. It is free to do so.
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+
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+- [x] **How computers process a program:**
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+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42KTvGYQYnA
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+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv2XQgpbTNE
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+
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+- [x] **How floating point numbers are stored:**
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+ - [x] simple 8-bit: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/301435/fractions-in-binary
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+ - [x] 32 bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji3SfClm8TU
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+ - [x] 64 bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50ZYcZebIec
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+
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+- [x] **Computer Arch Intro:**
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+ (first video only - interesting but not required) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLP_X4wyHbY&list=PL5PHm2jkkXmi5CxxI7b3JCL1TWybTDtKq&index=1
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+
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+- [x] **C**
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+ - [x] K&R C book (ANSI C)
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+ - [x] Clang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3zCxnj2w8M
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+ - [x] GDB:
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USPvePv1uzE
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5JmQItfFck
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+ - Valgrind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvTsFjDuag8
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+- [x] **C++**
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+ - [x] basics
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+ - [x] pointers
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+ - [x] functions
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+ - [x] references
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+ - [x] templates
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+ - [x] compilation
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+ - [x] scope & linkage
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+ - [x] namespaces
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+ - [x] OOP
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+ - [x] STL
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+ - [x] functors: http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/functors-function-objects-in-c++.html
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+ - [x] C++ at Google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOCElcMcFik
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+ - [x] Google C++ Style Guide: https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html
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+ - [x] Google uses clang-format (there is a command line "style" argument: -style=google)
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+ - [x] Efficiency with Algorithms, Performance with Data Structures: https://youtu.be/fHNmRkzxHWs
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+ - [x] review of C++ concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rub-JsjMhWY
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+
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+- **Python**
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+ - I've already use Python quite a bit. This is just for review.
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+ - [ ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4mEzFDjqtA
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+
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+- [x] **Compilers**
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+ - [x] https://class.coursera.org/compilers-004/lecture/1
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+ - [x] https://class.coursera.org/compilers-004/lecture/2
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+ - [x] C++: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twodd1KFfGk
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+ - [x] Understanding Compiler Optimization (C++): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnGCDLhaxKU
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+
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+
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+## The Daily Plan:
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+
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+Each subject does not require a whole day to be able to understand it fully, and you can do multiple of these in a day.
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+
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+Each day I take one subject from the list below, watch videos about that subject, and write an implementation in:
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+ C - using structs and functions that take a struct * and something else as args.
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+ C++ - without using built-in types
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+ C++ - using built-in types, like STL's std::list for a linked list
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+ Python - using built-in types (to keep practicing Python)
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+ and write tests to ensure I'm doing it right, sometimes just using simple assert() statements
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+ You may do Java or something else, this is just my thing.
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+
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+Why code in all of these?
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+ Practice, practice, practice, until I'm sick of it, and can do it with no problem (some have many edge cases and bookkeeping details to remember)
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+ Work within the raw constraints (allocating/freeing memory without help of garbage collection (except Python))
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+ Make use of built-in types so I have experience using the built-in tools for real-world use (not going to write my own linked list implementation in production)
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+
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+I may not have time to do all of these for every subject, but I'll try.
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+
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+You don't need to memorize the guts of every algorithm.
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+
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+Write code on a whiteboard, not a computer. Test with some sample inputs.
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+Then test it out on a computer to make sure it's not buggy from syntax.
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+
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+
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+- [x] **Before you get started:**
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+ - The myth of the Genius Programmer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SARbwvhupQ
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+ - Google engineers are smart, but many have an insecurity that they aren't smart enough.
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+
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+- [x] **Algorithmic complexity / Big O / Asymptotic analysis**
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+ - nothing to implement
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+ - Harvard CS50 - Asymptotic Notation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOq5kSKqeR4
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+ - Big O Notations (general quick tutorial) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6mKVRU1evU
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+ - Big O Notation (and Omega and Theta) - best mathematical explanation:
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei-A_wy5Yxw&index=2&list=PL1BaGV1cIH4UhkL8a9bJGG356covJ76qN
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+ - Skiena:
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+ - video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSyDMtdPNpU&index=2&list=PLOtl7M3yp-DV69F32zdK7YJcNXpTunF2b
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+ - slides: http://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~algorith/video-lectures/2007/lecture2.pdf
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+ - A Gentle Introduction to Algorithm Complexity Analysis: http://discrete.gr/complexity/
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+ - Orders of Growth: https://class.coursera.org/algorithmicthink1-004/lecture/59
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+ - Asymptotics: https://class.coursera.org/algorithmicthink1-004/lecture/61
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+ - UC Berkeley Big O: https://youtu.be/VIS4YDpuP98
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+ - UC Berkeley Big Omega: https://youtu.be/ca3e7UVmeUc
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+ - Amortized Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3SpQZaAZP4&index=10&list=PL1BaGV1cIH4UhkL8a9bJGG356covJ76qN
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+ - Illustrating "Big O": https://class.coursera.org/algorithmicthink1-004/lecture/63
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+ - Cheat sheet: http://bigocheatsheet.com/
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+
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+## Data Structures
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+
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+- [x] **Arrays: (Implement an automatically resizing vector)**
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+ - [x] Description:
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+ - Arrays: https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/OsBSF/arrays
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+ - Arrays: https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Basic-arrays/149042/177104-4.html
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+ - Multi-dim: https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Multidimensional-arrays/149042/177105-4.html
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+ - Dynamic Arrays: https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/EwbnV/dynamic-arrays
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+ - Jagged: https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Jagged-arrays/149042/177106-4.html
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+ - Resizing arrays:
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+ - https://class.coursera.org/algs4partI-010/lecture/19
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+ - https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Resizable-arrays/149042/177108-4.html
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+ - [x] Implement a vector (mutable array with automatic resizing):
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+ - [x] Practice coding using arrays and pointers, and pointer math to jump to an index instead of using indexing.
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+ - [x] new raw data array with allocated memory
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+ - can allocate int array under the hood, just not use its features
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+ - start with 16, or if starting number is greater, use power of 2 - 16, 32, 64, 128
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+ - [x] size() - number of items
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+ - [x] capacity() - number of items it can hold
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+ - [x] is_empty()
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+ - [x] at(index) - returns item at given index, blows up if index out of bounds
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+ - [x] push(item)
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+ - [x] insert(index, item) - inserts item at index, shifts that index's value and trailing elements to the right
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+ - [x] prepend(item) - can use insert above at index 0
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+ - [x] pop() - remove from end, return value
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+ - [x] delete(index) - delete item at index, shifting all trailing elements left
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+ - [x] remove(item) - looks for value and removes index holding it (even if in multiple places)
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+ - [x] find(item) - looks for value and returns first index with that value, -1 if not found
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+ - [x] resize(new_capacity) // private function
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+ - when you reach capacity, resize to double the size
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+ - when popping an item, if size is 1/4 of capacity, resize to half
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+ - [x] Time
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+ - O(1) to add/remove at end (amortized for allocations for more space), index, or update
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+ - O(n) to insert/remove elsewhere
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+ - [x] Space
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+ - contiguous in memory, so proximity helps performance
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+ - space needed = (array capacity, which is >= n) * size of item, but even if 2n, still O(n)
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+
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+- [x] **Linked Lists**
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+ - [x] Description:
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+ - [x] https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/kHhgK/singly-linked-lists
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+ - [x] Lynda.com:
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+ - https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Introduction-lists/149042/177115-4.html
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+ - https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Understanding-basic-list-implementations/149042/177116-4.html
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+ - https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Using-singly-doubly-linked-lists/149042/177117-4.html
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+ - https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/List-support-across-languages/149042/177118-4.html
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+ - [x] C Code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN6FPiD0Gzo
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+ - not the whole video, just portions about Node struct and memory allocation.
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+ - [x] Linked List vs Arrays:
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+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures-optimizing-performance/lecture/rjBs9/core-linked-lists-vs-arrays
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+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures-optimizing-performance/lecture/QUaUd/in-the-real-world-lists-vs-arrays
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+ - [x] why you should avoid linked lists:
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQs6IC-vgmo
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+ - [x] Gotcha: you need pointer to pointer knowledge:
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+ (for when you pass a pointer to a function that may change the address where that pointer points)
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+ This page is just to get a grasp on ptr to ptr. I don't recommend this list traversal style. Readability and maintainability suffer due to cleverness.
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+ - https://www.eskimo.com/~scs/cclass/int/sx8.html
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+ - [x] implement (I did with tail pointer & without):
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+ - [x] size() - returns number of data elements in list
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+ - [x] empty() - bool returns true if empty
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+ - [x] value_at(index) - returns the value of the nth item (starting at 0 for first)
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+ - [x] push_front(value) - adds an item to the front of the list
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+ - [x] pop_front() - remove front item and return its value
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+ - [x] push_back(value) - adds an item at the end
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+ - [x] pop_back() - removes end item and returns its value
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+ - [x] front() - get value of front item
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+ - [x] back() - get value of end item
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+ - [x] insert(index, value) - insert value at index, so current item at that index is pointed to by new item at index
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+ - [x] erase(index) - removes node at given index
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+ - [x] value_n_from_end(n) - returns the value of the node at nth position from the end of the list
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+ - [x] reverse() - reverses the list
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+ - [x] remove_value(value) - removes the first item in the list with this value
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+ - [x] Doubly-linked List
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+ - Description: https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/jpGKD/doubly-linked-lists
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+ - No need to implement
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+
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+- [x] **Stack**
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+ - [x] https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/UdKzQ/stacks
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+ - [x] https://class.coursera.org/algs4partI-010/lecture/18
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+ - [x] https://class.coursera.org/algs4partI-010/lecture/19
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+ - [x] https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Using-stacks-last-first-out/149042/177120-4.html
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+ - [x] Will not implement. Implementing with array is trivial.
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+
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+- [x] **Queue**
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+ - [x] https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Using-queues-first-first-out/149042/177122-4.html
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+ - [x] https://class.coursera.org/algs4partI-010/lecture/20
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+ - [x] https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/EShpq/queue
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+ - [x] Circular buffer/FIFO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_buffer
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+ - [x] https://class.coursera.org/algs4partI-010/lecture/23
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+ - [x] https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Priority-queues-deques/149042/177123-4.html
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+ - [x] Implement using linked-list, with tail pointer:
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+ - enqueue(value) - adds value at position at tail
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+ - dequeue() - returns value and removes least recently added element (front)
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+ - empty()
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+ - [x] Implement using fixed-sized array:
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+ - enqueue(value) - adds item at end of available storage
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+ - dequeue() - returns value and removes least recently added element
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+ - empty()
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+ - full()
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+ - [x] Cost:
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+ - a bad implementation using linked list where you enqueue at head and dequeue at tail would be O(n)
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+ because you'd need the next to last element, causing a full traversal each dequeue
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+ - enqueue: O(1) (amortized, linked list and array [probing])
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+ - dequeue: O(1) (linked list and array)
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+ - empty: O(1) (linked list and array)
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+
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+- [x] **Hash table**
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+ - [x] https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Understanding-hash-functions/149042/177126-4.html
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+ - [x] https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Using-hash-tables/149042/177127-4.html
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+ - [x] https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Supporting-hashing/149042/177128-4.html
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+ - [x] https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Language-support-hash-tables/149042/177129-4.html
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+ - [x] https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures-optimizing-performance/lecture/m7UuP/core-hash-tables
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+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Kc8xzcA68
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+ - [x] https://class.coursera.org/algs4partI-010/lecture/52
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+ - [x] https://class.coursera.org/algs4partI-010/lecture/53
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+ - [x] https://class.coursera.org/algs4partI-010/lecture/55
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+ - [x] https://class.coursera.org/algs4partI-010/lecture/56
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+ - [x] https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/home/week/3
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+ - [x] https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/NYZZP/phone-book-problem
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+ - [x] distributed hash tables:
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+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/DvaIb/instant-uploads-and-storage-optimization-in-dropbox
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+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/tvH8H/distributed-hash-tables
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+ - [x] MIT:
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M_kIqhwbFo&list=PLUl4u3cNGP61Oq3tWYp6V_F-5jb5L2iHb&index=8
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRO7mVIFt08&index=9&list=PLUl4u3cNGP61Oq3tWYp6V_F-5jb5L2iHb
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvdJDijO2Ro&index=10&list=PLUl4u3cNGP61Oq3tWYp6V_F-5jb5L2iHb
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+ - [x] implement with array using linear probing
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+ - hash(k, m) - m is size of hash table
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+ - add(key, value) - if key already exists, update value
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+ - exists(key)
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+ - get(key)
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+ - remove(key)
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+
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+## More Knowledge
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+
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+- [x] **Binary search:**
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+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5SrAga1pno
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+ - [x] https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-science/algorithms/binary-search/a/binary-search
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+ - [x] detail: https://www.topcoder.com/community/data-science/data-science-tutorials/binary-search/
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+ - [x] Implement:
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+ - binary search (on sorted array of integers)
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+ - binary search using recursion
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+
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+- [x] **Bitwise operations**
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+ - [x] Get a really good understanding of manipulating bits with: &, |, ^, ~, >>, <<
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+ - [x] words: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_(computer_architecture)
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+ - [x] Good intro:
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+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jkIUgLC29I
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+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0AwjSpNXR0
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+ - [x] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_manipulation
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+ - [x] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitwise_operation
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+ - [x] https://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html
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+ - [x] http://bits.stephan-brumme.com/
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+ - [x] http://bits.stephan-brumme.com/interactive.html
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+ - [x] 2s and 1s complement
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKTsv6iVxV4
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+ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ones%27_complement
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+ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%27s_complement
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+ - [x] count set bits
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+ - https://youtu.be/Hzuzo9NJrlc
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+ - https://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#CountBitsSetKernighan
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+ - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/109023/how-to-count-the-number-of-set-bits-in-a-32-bit-integer
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+ - [x] round to next power of 2:
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+ - http://bits.stephan-brumme.com/roundUpToNextPowerOfTwo.html
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+ - [x] swap values:
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+ - http://bits.stephan-brumme.com/swap.html
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+ - [x] absolute value:
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+ - http://bits.stephan-brumme.com/absInteger.html
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+
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+- [x] **Parity & Hamming Code**
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+ - [x] Parity:
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdMcAUlxh1M
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+ - [x] Hamming Code:
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+ - Error detection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A_NcXxdoCc
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+ - Error correction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAMLuxdHH8o
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+ - [x] Error Checking:
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbH2VxzmoZk
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+
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+## Trees
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+
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+- [x] Notes:
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+ - [x] Series: https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures-optimizing-performance/lecture/ovovP/core-trees
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+ - [x] Series: https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/95qda/trees
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+ - basic tree construction
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+ - traversal
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+ - manipulation algorithms
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+ - BFS (breadth-first search)
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+ - MIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-CYnVz-uh4&list=PLUl4u3cNGP61Oq3tWYp6V_F-5jb5L2iHb&index=13
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+ - level order (BFS, using queue)
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+ time complexity: O(n)
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+ space complexity: best: O(1), worst: O(n/2)=O(n)
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+ - DFS (depth-first search)
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+ - MIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfSk24UTFS8&list=PLUl4u3cNGP61Oq3tWYp6V_F-5jb5L2iHb&index=14
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+ - notes:
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+ time complexity: O(n)
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+ space complexity:
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+ best: O(log n) - avg. height of tree
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+ worst: O(n)
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+ - inorder (DFS: left, self, right)
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+ - postorder (DFS: left, right, self)
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+ - preorder (DFS: self, left, right)
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+
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+- [x] **Binary search trees: BSTs**
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+ - [x] Series: https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures-optimizing-performance/lecture/p82sw/core-introduction-to-binary-search-trees
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+ - [x] Series: https://class.coursera.org/algs4partI-010/lecture/43
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+ - starts with symbol table and goes through BST applications
|
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+ - [x] https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/E7cXP/introduction
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+ - [x] MIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jry5-82I68
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+ - C/C++:
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+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COZK7NATh4k&list=PL2_aWCzGMAwI3W_JlcBbtYTwiQSsOTa6P&index=28
|
|
|
+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWokyBoo0aI&list=PL2_aWCzGMAwI3W_JlcBbtYTwiQSsOTa6P&index=29
|
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|
+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut90klNN264&index=30&list=PL2_aWCzGMAwI3W_JlcBbtYTwiQSsOTa6P
|
|
|
+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pnqMz5nrRs&list=PL2_aWCzGMAwI3W_JlcBbtYTwiQSsOTa6P&index=31
|
|
|
+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RHO6jU--GU&list=PL2_aWCzGMAwI3W_JlcBbtYTwiQSsOTa6P&index=32
|
|
|
+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86g8jAQug04&index=33&list=PL2_aWCzGMAwI3W_JlcBbtYTwiQSsOTa6P
|
|
|
+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm8DUJJhmY4&index=34&list=PL2_aWCzGMAwI3W_JlcBbtYTwiQSsOTa6P
|
|
|
+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEwSGhSsT0U&index=35&list=PL2_aWCzGMAwI3W_JlcBbtYTwiQSsOTa6P
|
|
|
+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcULXE7ViZw&list=PL2_aWCzGMAwI3W_JlcBbtYTwiQSsOTa6P&index=36
|
|
|
+ - [x] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cPbNCrdotA&index=37&list=PL2_aWCzGMAwI3W_JlcBbtYTwiQSsOTa6P
|
|
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+
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|
|
+Know least one type of balanced binary tree (and know how it's implemented):
|
|
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+
|
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|
+- [ ] **AVL trees**
|
|
|
+ - MIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNeL18KsWPc&list=PLUl4u3cNGP61Oq3tWYp6V_F-5jb5L2iHb&index=6
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/Qq5E0/avl-trees
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/PKEBC/avl-tree-implementation
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/22BgE/split-and-merge
|
|
|
+- [ ] **red/black tree**
|
|
|
+ - https://class.coursera.org/algs4partI-010/lecture/50
|
|
|
+- [ ] **splay trees**
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/O9nZ6/splay-trees
|
|
|
+- [ ] **B-Trees**
|
|
|
+ - fun fact: B could stand for Boeing, Balanced, or Bayer (co-inventor)
|
|
|
+ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-tree
|
|
|
+ - https://class.coursera.org/algs4partI-010/lecture/51
|
|
|
+- [ ] **2-3 (type of B-tree) Search Trees**
|
|
|
+ - https://class.coursera.org/algs4partI-010/lecture/49
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] **N-ary trees**
|
|
|
+ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-ary_tree
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] **Tries**
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures-optimizing-performance/lecture/08Xyf/core-introduction-to-tries
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures-optimizing-performance/lecture/PvlZW/core-performance-of-tries
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures-optimizing-performance/lecture/DFvd3/core-implementing-a-trie
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] **Heap (data structure):**
|
|
|
+ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heap_(data_structure)
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/2OpTs/introduction
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/z3l9N/naive-implementations
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/GRV2q/binary-trees
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/supplement/S5xxz/tree-height-remark
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/0g1dl/basic-operations
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/gl5Ni/complete-binary-trees
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/HxQo9/pseudocode
|
|
|
+ - see: https://class.coursera.org/algs4partI-010/lecture
|
|
|
+ - https://class.coursera.org/algs4partI-010/lecture/39
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] **Binary Heap:**
|
|
|
+ Min Heap / Max Heap
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] **Disjoint Sets:**
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/JssSY/overview
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/EM5D0/naive-implementations
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/Mxu0w/trees
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/qb4c2/union-by-rank
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/Q9CVI/path-compression
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures/lecture/GQQLN/analysis-optional
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] **Priority Queue**
|
|
|
+ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_queue
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+## Graphs
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- Notes:
|
|
|
+ - There are three basic ways to represent a graph in memory:
|
|
|
+ - objects and pointers
|
|
|
+ - matrix
|
|
|
+ - adjacency list
|
|
|
+ - Familiarize yourself with each representation and its pros & cons
|
|
|
+ - BFS and DFS - know their computational complexity, their tradeoffs, and how to implement them in real code
|
|
|
+ - If you get a chance, try to study up on fancier algorithms:
|
|
|
+ - Dijkstra's algorithm
|
|
|
+ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijkstra%27s_algorithm
|
|
|
+ - A*
|
|
|
+ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A*_search_algorithm
|
|
|
+ - When asked a question, look for a graph-based solution first, then move on if none.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- Compute Strongly Connected Components
|
|
|
+ - [ ] https://www.coursera.org/learn/algorithms-on-graphs/home/week/5
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- Implement:
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ - [ ] Dijkstra's algorithm
|
|
|
+ - [ ] A*
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+You'll get more graph practice in Skiena's book (see Books section below) and the interview books
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+## Sorting
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Notes:
|
|
|
+ - [ ] Implement & know best case/worst case, average complexity of each:
|
|
|
+ - no bubble sort - it's terrible - O(n^2)
|
|
|
+ - [ ] stability in sorting algorithms:
|
|
|
+ - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1517793/stability-in-sorting-algorithms
|
|
|
+ - http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/stability-in-sorting-algorithms/
|
|
|
+ - [ ] Which algorithms can be used on linked lists?
|
|
|
+ - [ ] Which on arrays? Which on both?
|
|
|
+ - [ ] Is Quicksort stable?
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Implement:
|
|
|
+ - [ ] Mergesort
|
|
|
+ - [ ] Quicksort
|
|
|
+ - [ ] Insertion Sort
|
|
|
+ - [ ] Selection Sort
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- For Curiosity:
|
|
|
+ - [ ] Radix Sort: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhr26ia4k38
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+## Even More Knowledge
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Caches
|
|
|
+ - LRU cache
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] NP and NP Complete
|
|
|
+ - Know about the most famous classes of NP-complete problems, such as traveling salesman and the knapsack problem,
|
|
|
+ and be able to recognize them when an interviewer asks you them in disguise.
|
|
|
+ - Know what NP-complete means.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Recursion
|
|
|
+ - when it is appropriate to use it
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] open-ended problems
|
|
|
+ - manipulate strings
|
|
|
+ - manipulate patterns
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Combinatorics (n choose k)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Probability
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZkAAk9Wwa4
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNaJg-mLobQ
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Dynamic Programming
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Scheduling
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Weighted random sampling
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Implement system routines
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Design patterns:
|
|
|
+ - description:
|
|
|
+ - https://www.lynda.com/Developer-Programming-Foundations-tutorials/Foundations-Programming-Design-Patterns/135365-2.html
|
|
|
+ - Patterns: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF206E906175C7E07
|
|
|
+ - UML: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGLfVvz_LVvQ5G-LdJ8RLqe-ndo7QITYc
|
|
|
+ - [ ] strategy
|
|
|
+ - [ ] singleton
|
|
|
+ - [ ] adapter
|
|
|
+ - [ ] prototype
|
|
|
+ - [ ] decorator
|
|
|
+ - [ ] visitor
|
|
|
+ - [ ] factory
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] **Operating Systems (25 videos):**
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KWd_eQYLwY&index=2&list=PL-XXv-cvA_iBDyz-ba4yDskqMDY6A1w_c
|
|
|
+ - https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-a-process-and-a-thread
|
|
|
+ Covers:
|
|
|
+ - Processes, Threads, Concurrency issues
|
|
|
+ - difference between processes and threads
|
|
|
+ - processes
|
|
|
+ - threads
|
|
|
+ - locks
|
|
|
+ - mutexes
|
|
|
+ - semaphores
|
|
|
+ - monitors
|
|
|
+ - how they work
|
|
|
+ - deadlock
|
|
|
+ - livelock
|
|
|
+ - CPU activity, interrupts, context switching
|
|
|
+ - Modern concurrency constructs with multicore processors
|
|
|
+ - Process resource needs (memory: code, static storage, stack, heap, and also file descriptors, i/o)
|
|
|
+ - Thread resource needs (shares above with other threads in same process but each has its own pc, stack counter, registers and stack)
|
|
|
+ - Forking is really copy on write (read-only) until the new process writes to memory, then it does a full copy.
|
|
|
+ - Context switching
|
|
|
+ - How context switching is initiated by the operating system and underlying hardware
|
|
|
+ - [ ] threads in C++:
|
|
|
+ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5jc9xFGsL8E12so1wlMS0r0hTQoJL74M
|
|
|
+ - stopped here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N0B5ua7oN8&list=PL5jc9xFGsL8E12so1wlMS0r0hTQoJL74M&index=4
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] **Data handling:**
|
|
|
+ - see scalability options below
|
|
|
+ - Distill large data sets to single values
|
|
|
+ - Transform one data set to another
|
|
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+ - Handling obscenely large amounts of data
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+
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+- [ ] **System design**
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+ - https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-prepare-to-answer-design-questions-in-a-technical-interview?redirected_qid=1500023
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+ - features sets
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+ - interfaces
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+ - class hierarchies
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+ - designing a system under certain constraints
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+ - simplicity and robustness
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+ - tradeoffs
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+ - performance analysis and optimization
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+
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+- [ ] **Familiarize yourself with a unix-based code editor: emacs & vi(m)**
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+ - suggested by Yegge
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+ - vi(m):
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5givLEMcINQ&index=1&list=PL13bz4SHGmRxlZVmWQ9DvXo1fEg4UdGkr
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+ - set of 4:
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI8TeVMX8pk
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3OO7ZIOaJE
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYEccA_nMaI
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lYD5gwgZIA
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+ - emacs:
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbmV1bnQ-i0
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+ - set of 3:
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujODL7MD04Q
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWpsRupJ4II
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paSgzPso-yc
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+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWD1Fpdd4Pc
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+
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+- [ ] **Be able to use unix command line tools:**
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+ - suggested by Yegge
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+ - bash
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+ - grep
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+ - sed
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+ - awk
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+ - curl or wget
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+
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+- [ ] **Testing**
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+ - how unit testing works
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+ - what are mock onbjects
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+ - what is integration testing
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+ - what is dependency injection
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+
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+## Books
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+
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+#### Mentioned in Google Coaching:
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+
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+- [ ] The Algorithm Design Manual (Skiena)
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+ - Book (can rent on kindle): http://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena/dp/1849967202
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+ - Answers: http://www.algorithm.cs.sunysb.edu/algowiki/index.php/The_Algorithms_Design_Manual_(Second_Edition)
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+
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+- [ ] Algorithms and Programming: Problems and Solutions:
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+ http://www.amazon.com/Algorithms-Programming-Solutions-Alexander-Shen/dp/0817638474
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+
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+- [ ] Once you've understood everything in the daily plan:
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+ read and do exercises from the books below. Then move to coding challenges (further down below)
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+
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+Read first:
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+- [ ] Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job, 2nd Edition:
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+ http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-047012167X.html
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+
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+Read second:
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+- [ ] Cracking the Coding Interview, 6th Edition:
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+ - http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-6th-Programming/dp/0984782850/
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+
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+#### Additional books (not suggested by Google but I added):
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+
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+- [x] C Programming Language, Vol 2
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+
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+- [x] C++ Primer Plus, 6th Edition
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+
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+- [ ] Introduction to Algorithms
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+ - https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algorithms-3rd-MIT-Press/dp/0262033844
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+
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+- [ ] Programming Pearls:
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+ - http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Pearls-2nd-Jon-Bentley/dp/0201657880
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+
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+If you see people reference "The Google Resume", it was a book replaced by "Cracking the Coding Interview".
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+
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+## About Google
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+
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+- [ ] How Search Works:
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+ - [ ] https://www.google.com/insidesearch/howsearchworks/thestory/
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+ - [ ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNHR6IQJGZs
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+ - [ ] https://www.google.com/insidesearch/howsearchworks/
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+
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+## Articles
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+
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+- https://www.topcoder.com/community/data-science/data-science-tutorials/the-importance-of-algorithms/
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+- http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/4/4/how-to-remove-duplicates-in-a-large-dataset-reducing-memory.html
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+- http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/3/23/what-does-etsys-architecture-look-like-today.html
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+- http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/3/21/to-compress-or-not-to-compress-that-was-ubers-question.html
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+- http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/3/3/asyncio-tarantool-queue-get-in-the-queue.html
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+- http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/2/25/when-should-approximate-query-processing-be-used.html
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+- http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/2/23/googles-transition-from-single-datacenter-to-failover-to-a-n.html
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+- http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/2/15/egnyte-architecture-lessons-learned-in-building-and-scaling.html
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+- http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/2/1/a-patreon-architecture-short.html
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+- http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/1/27/tinder-how-does-one-of-the-largest-recommendation-engines-de.html
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+- http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/1/25/design-of-a-modern-cache.html
|
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+- http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/1/13/live-video-streaming-at-facebook-scale.html
|
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+- http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/1/11/a-beginners-guide-to-scaling-to-11-million-users-on-amazons.html
|
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+- http://highscalability.com/blog/2015/12/16/how-does-the-use-of-docker-effect-latency.html
|
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+- http://highscalability.com/blog/2015/12/14/does-amp-counter-an-existential-threat-to-google.html
|
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+- http://highscalability.com/blog/2015/11/9/a-360-degree-view-of-the-entire-netflix-stack.html
|
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+
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+## Papers:
|
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+
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|
+Computing Weak Consistency in Polynomial Time
|
|
|
+ - http://dl.acm.org/ft_gateway.cfm?id=2767407&ftid=1607485&dwn=1&CFID=627637486&CFTOKEN=49290244
|
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+
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|
+How Developers Search for Code: A Case Study
|
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|
+ - http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/43835.pdf
|
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+
|
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|
+Borg, Omega, and Kubernetes
|
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+ - http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/44843.pdf
|
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+
|
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|
+Continuous Pipelines at Google
|
|
|
+ - http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/43790.pdf
|
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+
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|
+AddressSanitizer: A Fast Address Sanity Checker
|
|
|
+ - http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/37752.pdf
|
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+
|
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|
+## Coding exercises/challenges:
|
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+
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+Once you've learned your brains out, put those brains to work.
|
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+Take coding challenges every day, as many as you can.
|
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+
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+- https://courses.csail.mit.edu/iap/interview/materials.php
|
|
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+
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+The Best:
|
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|
+- LeetCode: https://leetcode.com/
|
|
|
+- Project Euler: https://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems
|
|
|
+- TopCoder: https://www.topcoder.com/
|
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+
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|
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+More:
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|
+- HackerRank: https://www.hackerrank.com/
|
|
|
+- Codility: https://codility.com/programmers/
|
|
|
+- InterviewCake: https://www.interviewcake.com/
|
|
|
+- InterviewBit: https://www.interviewbit.com/invite/icjf
|
|
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+
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+## Once you're closer to the interview:
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Cracking The Coding Interview Set 2:
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NIb9l3imAo
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg5-tdAwclo
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fqxMuPmGak
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+## Your Resume
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- http://steve-yegge.blogspot.co.uk/2007_09_01_archive.html
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+## Be thinking of for when the interview comes:
|
|
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+
|
|
|
+- Think of about 20 interview questions you'll get, along the lines of the items below:
|
|
|
+- have 2-3 answers for each
|
|
|
+- Have a story, not just data, about something you accomplished
|
|
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+
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+- Why do you want this job?
|
|
|
+- What's a tough problem you've solved?
|
|
|
+- Biggest challenges faced?
|
|
|
+- Best/worst designs seen?
|
|
|
+- Ideas for improving an existing Google product.
|
|
|
+- How do you work best, as an individual and as part of a team?
|
|
|
+- Which of your skills or experiences would be assets in the role and why?
|
|
|
+- What did you most enjoy at [job x / project y]?
|
|
|
+- What was the biggest challenge you faced at [job x / project y]?
|
|
|
+- What was the hardest bug you faced at [job x / project y]?
|
|
|
+- What did you learn at [job x / project y]?
|
|
|
+- What would you have done better at [job x / project y]?
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+### Have questions for the interviewer.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+Some of mine (I already may know answer to but want their opinion or team perspective):
|
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+
|
|
|
+- How large is your team?
|
|
|
+- What is your dev cycle look like? Do you do waterfall/sprints/agile?
|
|
|
+- Are rushes to deadlines common? Or is there flexibility?
|
|
|
+- How are decisions made in your team?
|
|
|
+- How many meetings do you have per week?
|
|
|
+- Do you feel your work environment helps you concentrate?
|
|
|
+- What are you working on?
|
|
|
+- What do you like about it?
|
|
|
+- What is the work life like?
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+---
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+## Additional Resources
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ Everything below is my recommendation, not Google's, and you may not have enough time to
|
|
|
+ learn, watch or read them all. That's ok. I may not either.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Vector calculus
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Computer Security:
|
|
|
+ - MIT (23 videos): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP62K2DjQLRxDNRi0z2IRWnNh
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Information theory:
|
|
|
+ - Markov processes:
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures-optimizing-performance/lecture/waxgx/core-markov-text-generation
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-structures-optimizing-performance/lecture/gZhiC/core-implementing-markov-text-generation
|
|
|
+ - https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-science/informationtheory/moderninfotheory/v/symbol-rate-information-theory
|
|
|
+ - includes Markov chain
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Bloom Filter
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SuTGoFYjZs
|
|
|
+ - http://blog.michaelschmatz.com/2016/04/11/how-to-write-a-bloom-filter-cpp/
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Fast Fourier Transform
|
|
|
+ - http://jakevdp.github.io/blog/2013/08/28/understanding-the-fft/
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Machine Learning:
|
|
|
+ - great course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning
|
|
|
+ - http://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2016/04/neural-networks-python-theano/
|
|
|
+ - http://www.dataschool.io/
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Parallel Programming:
|
|
|
+ - https://www.coursera.org/learn/parprog1/home/week/1
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] String search algorithms:
|
|
|
+ Knuth-Morris-Pratt (KMP):
|
|
|
+ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuth%E2%80%93Morris%E2%80%93Pratt_algorithm
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ogqPWJSftE
|
|
|
+ Boyer–Moore string search algorithm
|
|
|
+ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyer%E2%80%93Moore_string_search_algorithm
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYBM0_dChRE
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+## Videos
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+Sit back and enjoy. "netflix and skill" :P
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Scalability:
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nWyWwY2Onc
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4vMcD7zKM0
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] CSE373 - Analysis of Algorithms (25 videos):
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFjhkohHdAA&list=PLOtl7M3yp-DV69F32zdK7YJcNXpTunF2b&index=1
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] MIT 6.042: Math for CS (25 videos):
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3LMbpZIKhQ&list=PLB7540DEDD482705B
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] MIT 6.006: Intro to Algorithms (47 videos):
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtSuA80QTyo&list=PLUl4u3cNGP61Oq3tWYp6V_F-5jb5L2iHb&nohtml5=False
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] MIT 6.033: Computer System Engineering (22 videos):
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm2VP0kHl1M&list=PL6535748F59DCA484
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] MIT 6.046: Design and Analysis of Algorithms (34 videos):
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P-yW7LQr08&list=PLUl4u3cNGP6317WaSNfmCvGym2ucw3oGp
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] MIT 6.858 Computer Systems Security, Fall 2014 ():
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqmQg-cszw4&index=1&list=PLUl4u3cNGP62K2DjQLRxDNRi0z2IRWnNh
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] MIT 6.851: Advanced Data Structures (22 videos):
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0yzrZL1py0&list=PLUl4u3cNGP61hsJNdULdudlRL493b-XZf&index=1
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Stanford: Programming Paradigms (17 videos)
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTSvthW34GU&list=PLC0B8B318B7394B6F&nohtml5=False
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] MIT 6.050J Information and Entropy, Spring 2008 ()
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phxsQrZQupo&list=PL_2Bwul6T-A7OldmhGODImZL8KEVE38X7
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Introduction to Cryptography:
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aHkqB2-46k&feature=youtu.be
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+## Maybe
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+http://www.gainlo.co/ - Mock interviewers from big companies
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+## Code References
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+For review questions in C book:
|
|
|
+ https://github.com/lekkas/c-algorithms
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+## Once You've Got The Job
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+This is mainly for me.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Books:
|
|
|
+ - [ ] Clean Code
|
|
|
+ - [ ] Code Complete
|
|
|
+ - [ ] How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition
|
|
|
+ - [ ] Unix Power Tools, Third Edition
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [x] C++ Seasoning:
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH6sSOr-yk8
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [x] Better Code: Data Structures:
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWgDk-o-6ZE
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] C++ Talks at CPPCon:
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEx5DNLWGgA&index=2&list=PLHTh1InhhwT75gykhs7pqcR_uSiG601oh
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] MIT CMS.611J Creating Video Games, Fall 2014
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfDfriSjFbY&list=PLUl4u3cNGP61V4W6yRm1Am5zI94m33dXk
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Compilers:
|
|
|
+ - https://class.coursera.org/compilers-004/lecture
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Computer and processor architecture:
|
|
|
+ - https://class.coursera.org/comparch-003/lecture
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+- [ ] Long series of C++ videos:
|
|
|
+ - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfVsf4Bjg79Cu5MYkyJ-u4SyQmMhFeC1C
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+## Done
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+You're never really done. Keep learning.
|