Right now at this point what's the most curious & important(to you) area that you want to learn/improve. Would it be algorithms?

[kevincantstop]

Just notice that someone already asked the google interview :).

Plus: Do you think algorithms are important?

[mxcl]

I’m extremely product focused, so no, algorithms don’t usually interest me until I need one. Usually I don’t, usually I can use one from a library, if I need one. But not always, and when I need to implement something clever, I can and I do because then it interests me. But not before.

I like puzzles, but only when there is a reason to like them, I don't like them for the sake of it.

But a lot of people do like them as a means to themselves, and that's fine, if we weren’t all different that would be pretty boring.

Right now what interest me most, is like what always has: what is going to happen in our world and societies in the next 10 years, and how can I get involved in that. We’re entering a very interesting time. I learn everything I can about new technologies and continually wonder how I can get involved and what I can pioneer with them.