EP016: Dynamic Programming, Coding Interviews, and How to do them with Sam Gavis-Hughson

Summary: Hello everyone!  This week, I’d like to introduce Sam Gavis-Hughson.  He’s here to help with technical interviews and developing the skills to work through the pressure of a large technical company and startup coding interviews.  He shared SO MUCH good stuff with us on this episode, I think you’ll appreciate how down to earth he is.  We talk about prepping for interview skills, as well as getting ready for the metal game of an in-person interview.<br> Take a listen and learn what Sam has to offer us all!<br> 00:00 – Sam’s intro – including an origin story involving Lego Mindstorm programming (proving that the program actually DOES work to increase STEM grads!)<br> 08:00 – Dynamic programming &amp; you…<br> 13:00 – Most undervalued aspect of interviews.<br> 14:30 – Study on the fundamentals – via MOOC for free even!<br> 20:00 – Using programming skills daily makes life better.<br> 25:00 – What is Sam’s course – the big thing people struggle with – FAST solutions.<br> 30:00 – Optimal subproblems and Overlapping subproblems.<br> 32:00 – Everyone has a plan for the fight until they get punched in the face.<br> 37:00 – Top developer interview failures.<br> If you’re looking for more information on dynamic Programming – check out Sam’s FREE ebook at <a href="http://www.byte-by-byte.com/dpbook" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.byte-by-byte.com/dpbook</a><br> As we talked about – here are Sam’s favorite MOOC classes on fundamental programming and data structures – FOR FREE!<br> MIT: <a href="https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-006-introduction-to-algorithms-fall-2011/index.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click for MIT because you like it more than Princeton.</a><br> Princeton: <a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/algorithms-part1%20and%20https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mYfZeHtdNc&amp;list=PLxc4gS-_A5VDXUIOPkJkwQKYiT2T1t0I8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click for Princeton because you like it more than MIT.</a><br>