> You run into other tools you have to cobble together as part of actual work, but you never have to memorize those particular tools
The statement I like to use as an analogy to this one is:
"I don't need to know how to add or multiply numbers, calculators can do it"
This is true in a certain sense, but if you are numerate you know that speed with numbers allows you to do all kinds of quick checks that less numerate peers cannot. It's my experience that colleagues who don't get good at leetcode style problems don't actually understand the skills they've left on the table.
The statement I like to use as an analogy to this one is:
"I don't need to know how to add or multiply numbers, calculators can do it"
This is true in a certain sense, but if you are numerate you know that speed with numbers allows you to do all kinds of quick checks that less numerate peers cannot. It's my experience that colleagues who don't get good at leetcode style problems don't actually understand the skills they've left on the table.