The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

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Software engineering interviews, especially at top tech companies, heavily emphasize algorithms, data structures, and problem ...