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So I guess its more about learning to play the interview game than anything else?

After reading, I wouldn't necessarily say he's 'gaming' the interview. It sounds like this guy really expanded his programming knowledge, wrote a ton of code, and learned to solve a wide array of problems.

If anything, it's a guide on how to learn everything you'd need to know to be a junior developer.

Yes. As Einstein said:

You have to learn the rules of the game. Then you have to play the game better than anyone else

It's not as easy as it sounds.

The guy was a "world class poker player", which means that, through genetics or training or both, he was able to reason over limited information to draw correct conclusions more frequently than chance allows. That says to me that he is operating at a higher level than your standard person off the street. He is applying his analytical skills to a different, compatible, domain. It's not easy and I dare anyone to try and do the same with success.

Not Einstein but Feinstein:

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Misattributed

Good catch! I am a little pedantic about quotes, but still get attributions wrong :-)

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