Learning

I have been writing about shortest-path algorithms and A* heuristics in the context of road networks and pgRouting. But the same graph search concepts show up in a device that millions of people own and never think twice about: the robot vacuum.

One of my favorite interview questions is, “How do you keep up with technology?” The answer to this question shows a lot about a candidate. Do they use down time at work to read up on the recent blogs? Are they asking for new assignments to stretch their skillsets? What about the thought leaders are in the space – are they connected?