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It seems to me to be almost superhuman to read multiple chapters and solve all the exercises in a single day. Maybe that's just the normal level of ability for

It seems to me to be almost superhuman to read multiple chapters and solve all the exercises in a single day. Maybe that's just the normal level of ability for FAANG staff? EDIT: maybe it's more reasonable if you're doing this full time. 1hr/question and checking the next day if you get stuck, as he writes in his blog, seems a lot more reasonable.

war1025 6y ago
> Maybe that's just the normal level of ability for FAANG staff? Based on personal experience, I think you certainly need to be "above average" to get hired by the big tech companies, but it's more like "top 20% of graduating class" and not "only the very best."