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I have had this issue as well with take home projects. Most companies are looking for someone who will follow KISS, so demonstrating ability to do complex things like your render queue is not at all appreciated. They want to see that you can match a spec and write well-factored code.

Adding complexity for performance will be a pure negative unless you can factor that out so the next person can use it on their component.

I would read this code and think I was dealing with a very talented programmer that needs seasoning. Such a programmer can be very dangerous to the wrong company, as the seasoning will have to be added on the company’s dime.



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