[freemarketteddy]

seems like you really like the guys who can memorize "cracking the coding interview" and "data structures for interviews"!

[dolphenstein]

I've been in a work place like that. The focus was on optimum algorithms and seeking out the last microsecond of performance. In the mean time, the actual usability was atrocious and took end-users 30mins to figure out how to use the app.

Sometimes you need to see the forest from the trees!