Hello everyone!  This week, I’d like to introduce Sam Gavis-Hughson.  He’s here to help with technical interviews and developing the skills to work through the pressure of a large technical company and startup coding interviews.  He shared SO MUCH good stuff with us on this episode, I think you’ll appreciate how down to earth he is.  We talk about prepping for interview skills, as well as getting ready for the metal game of an in-person interview. Take a listen and learn what Sam has to offer us all! 00:00 – Sam’s intro – including an origin story involving Lego Mindstorm programming (proving that the program actually DOES work to increase STEM grads!) 08:00 – Dynamic programming & you… 13:00 – Most undervalued aspect of interviews. 14:30 – Study on the fundamentals – via MOOC for free even! 20:00 – Using programming skills daily makes life better. 25:00 – What is Sam’s course – the big thing people struggle with – FAST solutions. 30:00 – Optimal subproblems and Overlapping subproblems. 32:00 – Everyone has a plan for the fight until they get punched in the face. 37:00 – Top developer interview failures. If you’re looking for more information on dynamic Programming – check out Sam’s FREE ebook at www.byte-by-byte.com/dpbook As we talked about – here are Sam’s favorite MOOC classes on fundamental programming and data structures – FOR FREE! MIT: Click for MIT because you like it more than Princeton. Princeton: Click for Princeton because you like it more than MIT.