I saw outright that I'm not an algo guy, you already have those types of people -- namely the guy interviewing me. But they dont know how to scale systems or know overall product. If they want to look at code even I call bad, I can point them at my github account :)
In my experience, I haven't found this to be true. The algo-guys I've met are also critical thinkers when it comes to designing scalable and reliable systems.
I love the honesty and refreshing look your post delivers. It hadn't occurred to me until I read it that maybe there is a programmer personality type that actually likes being on display, coding on a whiteboard capable of doing recursive algorithms in 2 minutes flat. Thanks.
