LeetCode is a psyop designed by Big Tech to hire rule-followers who can grind away at pointless tasks

lol this is pure copium for people who can’t leetcode

I don’t get the obsession around leetcode, cracking FAANG/MAANG, there was a thread about indian SDEs who are mediocre in producing world class open source libraries. I actually completely agree. I will just give an example Grant Sanderson, maths youtuber, with a degree in maths can learn coding and write open source libraries with thousands of stars

https://github.com/3b1b

There are a lot of ppl I have come across and worked with who suck at algo DS but when designing system do wonders, sometimes it comes naturally you don’t have to go through the grunt, I myself don’t know the name of any design patterns, but, when I look back i can see that my code is actually following some design pattern which is supposed to be used there

The people in my category just work, because we know we can’t clear those fancy ds interviews, they actually don’t spend time trying also because it’s probably not a concern or they scare failing or get comfortable in remain in comfort zone. I believe there are a lot of ppl out there who cant find an element in a sorted array but write great code.

Back in 2005-2010, when ppl had limited internet access joining MNCs and going on-site use to be benchmark, then came the startup boom paying higher salary, then came the inflated salary bubble and with covid and a little before came this leetcode and every one trying to join MAANG trend.

Aren’t there companies paying more then them and doing some kickass work out there, there are.

I can go on and on but will end it here, to everyone its own

If true this is perfect. Workers must not behave like entrepreneurs. This whole desire driven, entrepreneurial thinking, should not be there for an employee. If anybody wants or desires to deliver solutions to a real world problem they should start their own business and do it. Now before anybody outrages on this comment, think of it with this example - you have a driver for your car. The driver needs to follow your instructions. He cannot simply say I will find a new path and take you to the destination. You can give your driver alittle leeway as to how to clean the car but not paint it. Driver should behave as a driver within his limits. Car owner has to behave like one within his limits.

Somewhat true.

But when shit hits the ceiling and your application cannot scale or run searches when user-base grows rapidly. That's when you need functional level LC fellas. Who can extract the extra juice for you.

It's not always that you can slap multi-threads, caching, powerful hardware bla bla to handle your increasing computation requirements. Most of the times, a shit sub-routine cucks the system.

If I were a senior architect 'who knew what I was doing', I'd take seasoned LC peeps over fast moving, fast breaking builders anyday. Lol. Seems like I've proved post's point 😭🤦🏻

Seize the moment, break the mold and build the future.

Let me guess baap ka business hoga ya fir kisi job se pareshan hoga khud.. yahi log faltu gyaan pelte h jinhone khud kch ni ukhada hota.