Algorithms @ Betterment

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HOST:

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DESCRIPTION:

Please bring your computer to this event. This monthly meetup covers algorithms. Attendees will divide into one of two main groups:

Algorithm skills

Developers (those who are fairly comfortable with coding and problem-solving in groups): You'll solve algorithms in small groups of others who use your language of choice! We've had JavaScript, Ruby, C++, and many other groups in the past.

Study Group

Non-experienced coders: we'll work on getting resources and pair-programming on beginner-type Algorithms. We'll present an entry-level problem and work together to solve it. Let us know what you would like to learn/get out of this event!

Schedule

6:30 Arrive/Network/Food!

7:00 Welcome from Women Who Code & Betterment

7:15 Intro to solving algorithm-type questions by Sarah Muenzinger (@sarahmunzi)

7:30 Attendees form groups and will solve 1 of 3 new presented problems.

8:30 Optional review (solutions will be posted on the WWCNYC Github: https://github.com/WomenWhoCodeNYC/Algorithms/tree/master/July-16-2015 )

9:30 Meetup ends

• Do you have experience interviewing software engineers? Do you have ideas on how to improve Algorithms as an event? We'd love for you to join us!

Resources
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~kelu/interviews/questions.html
http://katemats.com/interview-questions/
http://meetupresources.herokuapp.com/index.html
http://codingforinterviews.com/practice

For beginners or anyone who needs to review:

http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/algorithms-and-data-structures--cms-20437
http://www.nczonline.net/blog/tag/algorithms/

For our beginners, we recommend creating accounts on either http://jsbin.com/ or http://codepen.io/ , to give you an place to practice your algorithms problem-solving skills.