>>I recently graduated and have been grinding for interview prep (leetcode and CTCI mostly) So basically academic exercises on rote memorizing Math theorems wh

>>I recently graduated and have been grinding for interview prep (leetcode and CTCI mostly) So basically academic exercises on rote memorizing Math theorems which have no remote influence to real software development. >>but I’m getting no where. Easy problems take me 2-5 hours. I know ace developers with several years of experience who would fail at these problems. >>I experience PTSD like symptoms from the constant barrage of negative thoughts the difficulty and stress of doing these problems are causing me. Do not waste 2 minutes on this, because those problems are no reflection on your abilities. --- Please try to understand this. People who invented these algorithms, took years to arrive at working solutions with several years of academic career behind them. You and I are not going to crack the solutions to these algorithms in hours. Those who do, build upon memorized patterns. If you consider this algorithm ability you might as well start handing fields medal prize to every joe who has memorized multiplication tables.