milesstevenson

Will the book have exercises?

Another win by Gennady Korotkevich! Congratulations! I've always wondered how this level of skill must translate into being a software engineer or ML engineer. There's no doubt all of these contestants have a great level of mathematical maturity. Anyone ever worked with an engineer that does these? I'd be interested in your perspective.

Sounds like pramp.com is pretty close to what you're looking for.

I can only speak for myself but I'm at my first job out of university -- been here about 11 months -- and 6 months in I was tasked with implementing a feature that required directed graphs, (recursive) depth first search, and memoization at its core. These weren't concepts I was told to use ahead of time but ended up coming in handy to conceptualize the problem in the most basic way, without letting business rules cloud my thought. I don't have a degree from a top 100 school or work at an exotic place either, and I don't think my situation is unique. Just wanted to add a counter example.

What is this kind of thing written in, I wonder. How cool :)

Hey if you're looking for a community that will encourage you while working through SICP, drop by #symbolics on Freenode. A few of us are working through the book, including myself, and many have worked through most of it before.

Ping me @ DrDuck

I think it's great. I'll be using it.

I’m trying to work through the book as well! I’ve found a great IRC community over on the Freenode server. The channel is #symbo1ics. It’s been a sweet place for motivation so far. I’m sure you would be welcomed with open arms! Good luck, and hope to see you there!

That's a damn good idea. Gonna ask my advisor about it Monday.

I wish. Unfortunately I can't skip summers while trying to get a double degree, if I want to finish in any reasonable time -- or before scholarship money runs dry for that matter.