Got the results in from the DevQuiz. All appears to be correct and I've got a place, woo! I'm in two minds about the difficulty of the questions. On one hand, they were challenging enough to make one think, but I don't think that they were overall "hard" even for the final questions, as I could still get away with fairly generic programs. On the other hand it did take a fair amount of time to do all the questions... I hope developer day is awesome and worth the time spent on the questions
That aside, I picked up Concrete Mathematics a couple of days along with The Art of Computer Programming. I don't imagine I'll have the time to read the latter for a while, but I've started poking through Concrete Mathematics(yeah I'll get back to sicp eventually. Too many books, too little time). I really like how they've added in the student "graffiti". Some of it is very helpful in grasping a concept and other parts keep the text interesting even if they aren't directly useful. It's been a while since I've had to do some serious math (I guess a few of the questions in part 1 of sicp count), so it's got my brain going for a ride, but it's interesting stuff, and I still love to see a formula come together in an elegant manner. Not gotten far in yet, but definitely recommended for those interested.
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