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# [An underrated problem solving skill](https://nguyengineer.dev/an-underrated-problem-solving-skill?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

It is the ability to transform the verbal, rough description into programmable tasks. And this skill is hard to test out during the interview. Normally we - software engineers go to an interview, and they throw a competitive programming problem to us...

Oct 14, 2023 · 3 min read · nguyengineer.dev  
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👋 Hi, I’m Nguyen, or you can call me Finn 💾 Vimmer ❤️ Gopher 📍I'm based in Berlin, Germany ⚙️ I love working with Go and Typescript ⚙️ I specialized in distributed system and cloud native.

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