Can confirm. Competitive programming is the new normal as we all hyper optimize our selves for the corporate overlords. Watch some videos from the top competiti

Can confirm. Competitive programming is the new normal as we all hyper optimize our selves for the corporate overlords. Watch some videos from the top competitive programmers, crack a book, and crush leetcode. This is the way. I think it’s a waste of time and boring as hell but 9 times out of 10 nobody is ever going to look at your accomplishments or work history unless you’re coming out of a FAANG. Just memorize Two Pointer, Depth First, Breadth First, Binary Search, and Dynamic Programming. Solve leetcode problems. Most people recommend 200-300 before applying to FAANGs. Turn the descriptions into Anki cards and learn to site read them for TP, DF, BF, BS, DP. Keep a soreadsheet if your solve times and each puzzle’s solution type. Optimize, optimize, optimize. I don’t think it’s a good system but that’s what we have.