[notyourwork]

"If you believe reading algorithm and data structures text books and searching for puzzles online will make you a good programmer, then I'm not sure. It may prepare you for interviews, it may also get you a job a bit web giant. It may make you look super intelligent in front of a panel or your team. But in terms of producing software for solving business problems, those facts from memory and even their practice at maximum serves as a catalyst not a crucial ingredient to success."

I call this the difference between being functionally and theoretically great. After finishing my undergraduate, it dawned on me that my education gave me a theoretical ability. Outside the classroom application is what yields functional ability.

"So, just be more productive and iterate your work endlessly. Find flaws and fix them. Do it in iterations. You will be taken care of."

Absolutely agree here too, refinement I think is a big factor to success.