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		lampy on July 7, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: B-Trees - Balanced Search Trees for Slow Storage Try finding a senior-level engineering position that doesn't require knowledge of B-trees or similar computer science topics.

Tamerlin on July 7, 2008 [–]

So far in my experience the companies hiring want you to know that sort of thing, but that knowledge is largely wasted at most jobs.

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