>>I enjoy trying to solve problems and coming up with a high level solution, but I get stuck for hours on details or miss vital parts of the algorithm so often

>>I enjoy trying to solve problems and coming up with a high level solution, but I get stuck for hours on details or miss vital parts of the algorithm so often it becomes a drag. Even those people who invented these algorithms took years to do it. How do you expect yourself to do this in minutes? Ability to not solve leetcode problems is a very bad proxy to measure anything with regards to your skills in delivering software.