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If you don't mind my asking, what was your study plan like? I'm self-taught and I'm in a similar position, I really need to study but I'm lacking an effective p
by potta_coffee 6y ago
If you don't mind my asking, what was your study plan like? I'm self-taught and I'm in a similar position, I really need to study but I'm lacking an effective plan of attack.
- efsavage 6y agoI did the green book (McDowell) cover to cover, with a few dedicated hours of study each day, and random googling/tinkering where I wanted to explore more. I won't say it was the most fun I've ever had, or as self-motivating as a nice side project, but it was a good change of pace over gluing APIs together, so the novelty effect kept me going for a while. I probably put 150 hours of prep in over 6-8 weeks. The ROI on that time (relative to competing startup offers) was very far north of $1k/hour.
- rhines 6y agoNever heard it called the green book, usually just called by the acronym CTCI (Cracking The Coding Interview). Just commenting in case anyone else was confused. Congrats on getting a good payoff on your work, and thanks for sharing the info about your process.
- potta_coffee 6y agoThanks
- hacliff 6y ago+1 on this, CTCI is worth its weight in gold