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You've stated: "I'm only interested in FAANG money and retiring early" You literally have no intrinsic motivation to solve hard problems other than getting pa

by gt565k 6y ago

You've stated: "I'm only interested in FAANG money and retiring early" You literally have no intrinsic motivation to solve hard problems other than getting paid more. Focus on learning and acquiring skills and solving problems, not trying to get "FAANG money". Leetcode has nothing to do with FAANG money, sure, knowing algorithms and how to optimize code helps, and that's the only commonality between FAANG interviews and leetcode, but those things can be learned outside of leetcode. Simply taking a few CS algorithms courses will make it apparent that 90% of leetcode problems are found in some variations inside your undergrad CS algorithms course. Sounds like you need to reset your values and re-align your priorities. You got fired for performance reasons as you mentioned. "Had" all these resources and time spent on trying to improve yourself, but you just want a "FAANG salary". This is not the way. Either you love CS as a field and you love solving hard problems, or it's not for you.

QuitProgramming 6y ago
I think the "you need to love what you do to be successful" is just a fallacy that became a meme. If it were true a much higher percentage of people would be well respected and successful artists, for example. In our field, more coders would be in FAANG or the next John Carmack. This meme needs to die, honestly. Furthermore, it's easy to be passionate about things that you are good at. Being good at something means constantly getting positive feedback. So then the question becomes- Are people who are passionate the ones who become good at things or are people who are good at things become passionate them? The reality is you can find cases where people hate the things they are good at and like the things they are bad at. Just proves this idea of yours is false.
bigbizisverywyz 6y ago
I think you really hit the nail on the head. Software engineering is quite hard, it's also a very broad field now, and you have to love it to do well. When I'm interviewing it's one of the things I strongly look for. Even if the interviewee has some other weaknesses or lack of experience, passion for what you're doing can make up for it.

by gt565k 6y ago

QuitProgramming 6y ago

I think the "you need to love what you do to be successful" is just a fallacy that became a meme. If it were true a much higher percentage of people would be well respected and successful artists, for example. In our field, more coders would be in FAANG or the next John Carmack. This meme needs to die, honestly. Furthermore, it's easy to be passionate about things that you are good at. Being good at something means constantly getting positive feedback. So then the question becomes- Are people who are passionate the ones who become good at things or are people who are good at things become passionate them? The reality is you can find cases where people hate the things they are good at and like the things they are bad at. Just proves this idea of yours is false.

bigbizisverywyz 6y ago

I think you really hit the nail on the head. Software engineering is quite hard, it's also a very broad field now, and you have to love it to do well. When I'm interviewing it's one of the things I strongly look for. Even if the interviewee has some other weaknesses or lack of experience, passion for what you're doing can make up for it.