> ” He may not be smarter, but he has been hired by a company with a most demanding hiring process” > ” As we all know, the interview process is broken.” I do

> ” He may not be smarter, but he has been hired by a company with a most demanding hiring process” > ” As we all know, the interview process is broken.” I don’t know how the author conciliate these two opinions. Other than that, I agree that being hired by a FAANG company is better for your career than any number of side-projects. The problem is that I don’t think I will ever be hired by a FAANG company (as many many many others). It is not about not wanting to focus on leetcode and Cracking the Coding Interview (and I don’t), but my resume would be rejected for sure much before that stage (as a self-taught developer with 41 years old and a degree in Eocnomics from an university in Brazil).